Equipment!
Although Zhou Zhen was stunned upon learning that the ten thousand elite soldiers Chen Feng had negotiated with the authorities were to be under his command, he quickly regained his composure.
Even if those ten thousand were all elites, so what? This was no longer the age of cold steel. Without weapons, ten thousand elites were no different from ordinary people, perhaps just a bit stronger physically. No matter how strong the body, facing a place like Heizhou empty-handed meant that accomplishing anything would be incredibly difficult. While Heizhou wasn't much better off than them, those Western marauders were well-equipped; going in without weapons was no different from a suicide mission.
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