Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 1054 - 843: Hidden Luck

Chapter 1054: Chapter 843: Hidden Luck

"Although our military force is larger, if we engage in a frontal battle in the Outer Void, our chances of victory are actually slim."

In the command center of the Xuanhuang Emperor’s flagship, all of Li Xuan’s close subordinates were gathered here.

The Jingmo Emperor of Three Realms, Yue Wumu, looking at the map of Outer Taixu, said with a cold expression, "I know that the warships, cannons, and hundreds of thousands of muskets in Your Majesty’s hands are epoch-making weapons, but you must not be blindly confident. These Emperors possess tremendous mana and have ways to counter these disadvantages."

By then, a large-scale military council had been held, but none of Li Xuan’s underling Emperors had come up with any solutions.

Now, it was just a small-scale meeting among the direct forces under Li Xuan, so the Jingmo Emperor, Yue Wumu, no longer concealed their predicament and spoke frankly about it.

Although the Fumo Emperor of Three Realms did not speak, he slightly nodded, brushed his beard, clearly agreeing.

He was ordered by Li Xuan to command the entire left wing of nine million men but felt that command was becoming increasingly difficult.

The Emperors, the Extreme Heaven ones, although respectful to him on the surface and dared not disobey, in practice, they all have their reservations.

In this respect, Yue Wumu’s right wing was faring much better.

He was a legendary general, better at commanding troops. However, in Guan Changsheng’s view, that side was only slightly better than disorganized sand.

In short, this massive army, which had swelled to nearly forty-three million, was good for bullying the weak but was not equipped for tough battles.

Li Lexing then gave a bitter smile, "In short, although we have more troops, they are just a rabble. Any significant loss would cause the entire assembly to collapse and disperse. These few Emperors, though smaller in force, are far ahead of us in terms of military coordination and the morale and will to fight. Although we are not without a chance of victory, a frontal engagement is definitely not a wise move."

Li Xuan also nodded slightly. He agreed with the judgment of these great military strategists.

Although all those Emperors had been enfeoffed by him, if these people really wanted to rebel, merely the ’Book of Jinque’ would not stop them, it would merely cost them something.

"Then, what about the Red Turban Army? Can we hold on?"

Li Xuan was asking Song Lian, who he had previously ordered the Seven Great Sages of the Demon Tribe to covertly transport a batch of food and supplies to Luo Great Heaven.

At this time, Luo Great Heaven had been sealed off, and the forces of various Emperors were conducting thorough searches. But as the saying goes, each creature has its own cunning, and the Demon Tribe Sages still managed to deliver over seventy thousand stones of food.

"The food there is enough for a year’s use."

Song Lian, cupping his fist, said, "The problem is that they have suffered heavy losses and the places in Luo Great Heaven where they can hide are dwindling. The Ziwei Emperor is unmatched in strategy, and we have been ambushed several times. If it weren’t for Xu Zhongshan, Chang Shiwang, and other valiant Divine Generals, we would have already been captured."

"Then let them hang in there for a while longer. Rest assured, in no more than a month, those Emperors will no longer have the strength to scour Luo Great Heaven."

Li Xuan slightly sank into thought, then pointed on the map, "Let us go here and set up defenses at this location."

Yue Wumu looked at the place where Li Xuan’s finger landed, and his tense expression immediately relaxed.

That was the territory under the command of Marshal Zhaogong’s seventeen heavens, bordered on either side by ’Heaven of Wuzhuang Temple’ and ’Three-eye Huaguang Heaven.’

The location was excellently situated, very close to the mortal realm, with only about four days’ march to ’Guangzeng Heaven of the South’ and ’Ziwei Xuanxiang Tian.’

This meant that they could not only receive all kinds of supply support from the mortal realm but also threaten the fundamental lands of the Emperor of the South and the Ziwei Emperor.

The area was also filled with a large number of fragmented heavens, which was advantageous for their layered defenses.

Yue Wumu thought that this person, who had achieved unprecedented military glory in the mortal realm, indeed had his reasons.

"Wealth-Advancing Heaven?"

Master Zhongliu, as Li Xuan’s most trusted aide, frowned deeply, "Then this battle is likely to be protracted. Most of Your Majesty’s army of forty-two million is conscripted. Can military morale be maintained?"

"There’s no need to worry about that," said the Immortal Santan Haihui, Nezha, who had been silent till now, chuckling, "So long as they are well-fed and satisfied with food, they would hardly want to leave. The current issue is whether Your Majesty can afford this amount of food."

These soldiers all had cultivation and thus had enormous appetites.

Even a common armored soldier consumed about three times more than an ordinary person.

Li Xuan, with his hands behind his back and looking composed, said, "Even without using the food produced by the various heavens, we have enough to support the army for a full year of combat."

He thought this would also solve the problem of oversupply and low prices of grain in the mortal realm.

Last year, after the Jin Dynasty abolished the poll tax, the government-registered population had surged to 160 million. Various regions reported a total of 4.9 billion acres of land, averaging thirty acres per person, with the current average yield per acre between six and ten stones.

This tremendous grain output was sufficient to support a population of three billion.

Li Xuan anticipated that with further dissemination of hybrid wheat and various mechanical agricultural tools, and by adopting intensive farming methods, the grain yield could still see a substantial increase.

However, even with the government’s full effort to purchase grain and the lifting of alcohol restrictions to encourage livestock breeding, it could not prevent the sharp fall in grain prices.

Now, using this grain to support his massive army in Outer Taixu would also give the people of the mortal realm some relief.

"However, purchasing the grain in the mortal realm will require a significant amount of Silver Coin and resources. Bilo, you relay to all dependent tribes that during the campaign I can provide 30% of the army’s grain. The remaining 70%, they must supply Gold and Silver, or minerals, to purchase from me."

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