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Opportunity favors the prepared.
Seeing that he had a plan in hand, the King was all the more pleased and began asking how many troops he needed and how much time.
He Chunhua sighed. “After I answered, His Majesty’s smile faded.”
He Lingchuan’s face darkened. “Does the King think that once we head north, we can just wave a hand and take Xun Province back?”
“Swift victory, that’s every monarch’s wish,” He Yue said with a shake of his head. “But fighting on two fronts is crushing. The royal court is already straining to attack Dong Haoming in the west, and now the northern line is tightening as well. They can’t afford to short troops or money or supplies on either front.”
Ultimately, it came down to costs.
“What about the troop numbers Father requested?” He Yue pressed. “Did the king approve them?”
He Chunhua shook his head. “Not as I submitted them. His Majesty cut them down to thirty percent.”
“Is that even something that can just be haggled about?” He Lingchuan was incredulous. “Since when did the royal court become a vegetable market?”
He Chunhua let out a long breath. “The moment I brought it up, the king lost his temper. His Majesty said that we didn’t appreciate how hard it was to raise funds and grain, that we had no feel for the people’s suffering. I kept lowering my...
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