The flickering candlelight danced over the map spread across the table, its warm glow contrasting sharply with the cold dread deep inside my chest.
Toppling Wei Zhongxian was like trying to catch a greased pig—slippery, deeply frustrating, and likely to leave you covered in something thoroughly unpleasant. We needed more manpower, greater leverage, and heavier muscle on our side.
And that, my friends, was where General Wang entered the picture.
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