Warlords: Rise of the System

Lu Tianhao stared at the information that had just been delivered to him with a serious expression.

The news from the northern front exploded in his heart like a thunderbolt.

What Lu Tianhao never expected was that the bandits and the multinational coalition forces actually abandoned the two provinces in the north of Tianlong Kingdom without hesitation!

You know, these two provinces have fertile land and rich resources, and have always been the focus of competition among various forces.

However, at this moment, the enemy withdrew all its troops back to the territory of Gao County as if it were discarded worn-out shoes.

He was ready for battle, obviously planning to have a life-and-death battle with the National Salvation Army in Tianjun.

This sudden change caused Lu Tianhao and a group of generals to fall into confusion and bewilderment in an instant.

Previously, in order to recover the two northern provinces, the National Salvation Army had put all its efforts into mobilizing troops and sending out a large number of elite troops.

But who could have imagined that before the troops here had assembled, the enemy over there had already voluntarily given up this strategic location.

This incredible behavior is really hard to understand. What exactly are these bandits and the multinational coalition forces planning?

Could it be that there is some unknown conspiracy hidden in this? Or do they have deeper strategic considerations?

Lu Tianhao frowned, turned to look at Wang Hui beside him, and asked in a deep voice, "Chief of Staff, in your opinion, do the actions of the bandits and the multinational coalition have any hidden meaning?"

Wang Hui frowned and thought hard for a long time, but the thoughts in his mind were still like a tangled mess that was difficult to sort out.

He shook his head helplessly and said to the majestic commander in front of him.

"General, I really can't figure out what the hidden meaning of the bandits and the multinational coalition is."

After a short pause, he continued, "However, I dare to say that I do have some speculations of my own."

Hearing this, Lu Tianhao, who had originally looked serious, suddenly brightened up and asked anxiously, "Oh? Tell me quickly, what did you guess?"

Wang Hui took a deep breath and then said slowly, "In my humble opinion, the enemy must have seen us mobilizing troops and deploying our generals with great momentum and unstoppable force.

Faced with such strong pressure, they knew they could not resist, so they had no choice but to give up the two provinces.

However, I speculate that when the bandits and the multinational coalition forces retreated, they must have left behind a large number of sophisticated weapons and equipment to the local forces in these two provinces.

Now that these local forces have a large number of troops and their strength has greatly increased, how could they be willing to be easily incorporated into our National Salvation Army?

When our National Salvation Army goes to recruit them, we will undoubtedly encounter strong resistance from these local forces.

This is a blatant conspiracy set up by the bandits and the multinational coalition forces!

Although they seemed to have abandoned these two provinces, they actually left our National Salvation Army with great hidden dangers and difficult problems.

We want to recapture these two vital provinces.

It is inevitable that an extremely fierce head-on confrontation will occur with the local forces entrenched here and deeply rooted!

However, those cunning bandits and the multinational coalition forces are like a group of vicious wolves hiding in the dark, watching with eager eyes.

They expect to see us engaged in endless fighting among ourselves.

Because once we start killing each other and suffer serious internal friction, we will no longer be able to spare any extra energy and manpower to actively launch a powerful attack on them.

By then, those people with ulterior motives will be able to easily reap the benefits.

Therefore, how to cleverly deal with local forces while not being swayed by the enemy's conspiracy has become a difficult problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Apart from what I have guessed, I can't guess what else the bandits and the multinational coalition forces want to do?"

Li Guangjie stood at one side and said in a firm tone, "What else is there to guess? This is obvious!

Those bandits and the multinational coalition forces are obviously no match for our National Salvation Army.

That's why they racked their brains to come up with such a sinister trick, trying to make us fight among our own family!

In my opinion, we should just ignore the two provinces in the north for now!

Anyway, our troops have already been mobilized, so why not just charge directly into Gaojun State and wipe out those bandits and the multinational coalition forces in one fell swoop!

Let all their shameful plots and schemes go to hell!"

After listening to Li Guangjie's words, Lu Tianhao slowly shook his head, a trace of helplessness and worry appeared on his face, and then he said after a long sigh.

“It’s not as easy as you think!

If we really leave these two northern provinces alone, the local forces might take the opportunity to grow stronger.

Who knows how many more warlords will emerge!

We must launch a full-scale offensive decisively while they are still struggling to gain a foothold.

Only in this way will there be hope of quickly recovering these two provinces.

Even if we resolutely choose to launch an attack at this moment, the road ahead will be full of difficulties.

You know, there is an essential difference between local forces and bandits and multinational coalition forces.

In these two provinces, the bandits and the multinational coalition forces were complete invaders.

The common people hate them so much that they want to expel them from the country as soon as possible. How could they possibly give them any form of support?

However, the situation with local forces is quite different.

As long as they have not committed numerous crimes and done evil in their daily lives, they are very likely to gain a certain degree of support from the local people.

As a result, when we engage in a head-on confrontation with these local forces, we will inevitably encounter layers of obstacles.

But no matter what, we must successfully take over these two provinces and resolutely not allow warlords to gather troops and rule their own territories here.

Because only by achieving true unification can this land return to peace and harmony and the people can live a peaceful and prosperous life.

As for sending our national salvation army to attack the bandits and multinational coalition forces entrenched in Gaojun State, that is an extremely bad idea and will never work.

There are countless places with dangerous terrain in Gao County.

These places are full of mountains and ravines, which bring great difficulties to marching and fighting.

What's worse is that this place has been occupied by bandits for many years.

Over time, Gaojun State had actually become a vassal state of the bandits.

If we send troops to intrude into the territory of Gaojun at this time, it would be equivalent to an act of aggression from a legal point of view.

Once we take such military action, it will not only provoke stubborn resistance from the bandits and the multinational coalition forces.

It is also likely to cause resentment and resistance from the local people towards us.

By then, we will be caught in a dilemma of being attacked from all sides and will suffer fierce attacks from multiple directions.

Therefore, the strategy of directly entering Gaojun State to start a battle is obviously unwise.

It is not something that can be accomplished overnight to completely wipe out the bandits and multinational coalition forces hiding in Gao County.

Because of this, after careful consideration, I decided not to issue the order to march into Gaojun State for the time being.

The most urgent task is to concentrate our efforts on taking over the two provinces in the north first.

Only if we successfully recover these two lost territories will we have enough troops to deploy.

This will lay a solid foundation for future advancement into Gaojun State and the implementation of long-term combat plans.