Blue Phoenix Chapter 26 - Are You Serious?

“Wan Qiao,” Hui Yue called her name. His voice sour and his eyes stern. “Are you telling me that you are going to wage war against humans, but none of you know where you are going to war at, or against whom you will fight? The only thing you know is that you will fight for freedom?” he asked completely taken aback by the laid-back attitude the One-Horned Jasmine Eagle had about the whole affair.

“Actually, I have not talked to anyone yet about this war,” Wan Qiao admitted. “You are the first one I have spoken with because I feel like you were sent from the heavens. You are both beast and human. You are the living proof that humans and beasts can live in perfect harmony. This is something that I know the beasts from within Shenyuan have missed for the last many millennia,” saying this her face was sad, but Hui Yue was flabbergasted by what she said.

“War is not such a simple thing,” he said unaware of how this woman who had lived for so many years considered warring something that they could plan together with just the two of them like they could sit down and talk about it over a cup of tea.

“We will need infantry. We will need cavalry. We will need warriors and cultivators ready to die for the sake of the nobles. Or I guess in Shenyuan it would be for the sake of the Lords of the Forest.”

“Do you even have an army?” he asked. All the energy within him was being drained from this conversation. Having studied history in his old life, Hui Yue was very well versed when it came to war. He had written a paper about the famous Chinese book called The Art of War. Something which allowed him to understand some truths about war.

“To win a war we will need to know ourselves and our enemies. It is not enough to create an army and march into a random country, expecting victory. By doing so, we will end up losing a lot more men than we have to. The first thing you need to do is figure out what the goal of this war is. What is it you want? I know you said freedom, but in which way? Do you wish to take over a Kingdom? An Empire? D

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