In the conference hall of the Celestial Court Army, all the generals looked grave.
This ti, the Ten Great Families didn't even bother to hide their intentions; they clearly wanted to crush the Celestial Court Army in the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven.
The Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven is the main territory of the Celestial Court Army in the grotto heaven. If they lose here, the future developnt of the Celestial Court Army will probably be very difficult.
Although the Celestial Court Army has stationed troops in many grotto heavens, the interests from those places have mostly been divided up by the Ten Great Families.
The benefits that the Celestial Court Army can gain over there are far inferior to those in the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven.
Therefore, the largest and most elite corps are here in the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven.
If they lose this battle, it's uncertain how long it will take to recover.
"Even Luo Yuanfei has failed. Killing Chen Guan is no longer enough; we must win this battle and protect our interests in the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven. Otherwise, the Celestial Court Army's future will be extrely difficult." With a serious expression, General Rong Sandao said, "Moreover, orders have been passed down from the Ancestral Court — this battle is permitted only to win, not to lose. Who do you think is suitable to lead the troops in this battle?"
All eyes turned to a few silent Xiu family generals sitting on the side.
In recent years, tough battles have almost all been fought by the Xiu family.
But now with a new lord in place, the Celestial Court Army will soon change its surna to Qi; the Xiu family's position is awkward.
The deputy commander of the Celestial Court military affairs from the Xiu family no longer manages the Celestial Court Army affairs, replaced by the less prominent General Rong Sandao.
This is preparing for Qi Zhi'an to take over the Celestial Court Army in the future, but now the awkward situation is that at such tis they need the Xiu family to step in again.
Especially at such tis, capable of commanding the twenty-four corps at the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven and hopeful to win this battle, is only the young lord from the Xiu family.
In terms of talent, in terms of wit, in terms of virtue, in terms of character, even among the Ten Great Families, it's hard to find several such individuals.
Moreover, within the grotto heaven, the person whose prestige can suppress the twenty-four corps commanders is probably none other than this one.
They all looked at the few Xiu family generals, but none of them spoke.
The deputy commander from the Xiu family has already stopped managing the Celestial Court Army and went ho on vacation, so what else is there for them to say?
"General Xiu Fan, do you have any suggestions?" Faced with silence, Rong Sandao opened his mouth.
He also knew, in the current situation, the only one capable and willing to stand out is surely Xiu Jie Ming.
But no one ntioned Xiu Jie Ming because everyone knew the Xiu family had been wronged.
You took away their military power, cut off their path, and now expect their child to fight for you; where in the world does such a thing exist?
So the Xiu family didn't speak, and none of the other generals ntioned it.
If they betray the Xiu family now, who can guarantee it won't be their turn next? Who will show them rcy then?
They can afford not to ntion it, but Rong Sandao cannot; he was planted in the Celestial Court Army by the Chief Judge to build a foundation for the young lord.
If the young lord hasn't taken over the Celestial Court Army yet and it collapses, how can he report back to the Chief Judge?
Even if he ntioned it, he knew the Xiu family probably wouldn't accept.
The Celestial Court Army won't belong to the Xiu family in the future, so why would they let their child fight desperately for the Celestial Court Army?
Rong Sandao understood this, but he had no choice; if the Xiu family refused, he would have to force Xiu Jie Ming to lead the troops.
"Our Xiu family has a son nad Xiu Jie Ming, who is currently stationed in Baili City and has achieved so rit. If General Rong is not too fastidious, Jieming can be the commander and strike the Southern Heavenly Kingdom." Xiu Fan's words shocked everyone.
The generals hadn't expected that even at such a point, the Xiu family could still contribute to the Celestial Court Army.
"General Xiu Fan… this is excellent… but it's hard on all of you…" Even Rong Sandao felt embarrassed to speak further.
If he weren't aligned with the Chief Judge, he truly wouldn't want to open this mouth.
Fortunately, the Xiu family gave him the last bit of face, fulfilling their final duty.
"The Celestial Court Army has achieved great things for our Xiu family; now in tis of trouble, we will not shirk our responsibility. Whatever the Celestial Court Army needs from our Xiu family, just inform us." Xiu Fan replied calmly.
Rong Sandao was even more ashad, unable to speak further, and could only announce the transfer of Xiu Jie Ming to the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven to command the twenty-four corps, eradicating the Southern Heavenly Kingdom rebels.
All forces focused their attention on the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven.
The Celestial Court Army issued an announcent to clear the rebels, with Xiu Jie Ming commanding the twenty-four corps to march against the Southern Heavenly Kingdom.
The Southern Heavenly Kingdom also publicly announced their fight against the rebel Celestial Court Army, but secretly received assistance from the Ten Great Families, aiming to drive the Celestial Court Army out of the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven, cutting off their most important resource base, effectively breaking the Celestial Court Army's backbone.
Neither side could afford to lose; whoever lost would bear the reputation of being a traitor.
But predicting the outco of the battle was truly uncertain.
The Ten Great Families are strong, but they won't personally co and send troops; they must maintain the order presented by the Ancestral Court; otherwise, they wouldn't use Chen Guan's hand against the Celestial Court Army.
The Ten Great Families can provide Chen Guan so resources and manpower, and that's their utmost extent.
Now, the Southern Heavenly Kingdom's army mainly consists of forces from small factions or shadowy powers.
There isn't a clear consensus on which are supporting them.
Everyone knows these troops are associated with the Ten Great Families, but no one knows exactly who is behind them.
Now in the entire Southern Heavenly Kingdom, the number of corps exceeds three hundred thousand.
Yet these three hundred thousand troops are vastly exaggerated; they co from different forces, coordinating is itself a problem.
In a short ti, forming an effective corps attack is impossible.
The Celestial Court Army, having operated for years in the Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven, with twenty-four corps, all vigorous and strong, each corps at least has tens of thousands of trained soldiers.
Now, with twenty-four corps launching a full attack, they can deploy at least a million trained troops, and the gap between the two sides is unmistakably vast.
As the Celestial Court Army approached the main city of the Southern Heavenly Kingdom, various families and the people from smaller factions saw the mighty, overwhelming army coming like dark clouds, and couldn't help but secretly fear.
War is not a one-on-one confrontation. Just comparing the two armies' formation, many people felt it would be hard for the Southern Heavenly Kingdom to win this battle.
"Commanding a million strong soldiers as if wielding an arm, this young master of the Xiu family, Xiu Jie Ming, is indeed a rare military genius." Qin Qiu stood on the city wall, observed the opposing army's calm order, each division performing its duty, and couldn't even find a flaw, his heart filled with admiration, even feeling a desire to et this great Xiu family young lord.
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