Peace Order
Chapter 435 - 3: The World’s Turmoil, Finally Seeing the Shaking Light_2

Chapter 435: Chapter 3: The World’s Turmoil, Finally Seeing the Shaking Light_2

"He had offered a third path,"

"Some brothers will stay here to defend the Gate, while the rest, absolute elites in armored cavalry, will protect General Yue with all special offensive brigades, penetrate the defenses of both countries, and march straight outside the border!"

Pang Shuiyun’s palm trembled violently.

His eyes instantly became sharp.

He repeatedly exclaimed in admiration,

"Good, good, good!"

"A lone army, a rebel force, and purely offensive brigades—neither Chen Country nor Ying Country would dare to fight to the death against such forces, and outside the border, heh, Xue Tianxing and Yuan Shitong, those two guys raising the banner of the Taiping Army, are chaos-fighting there, both fighting earnestly."

"But as long as they recognize the banner of the Taiping Army,"

"they must protect the escort of Yue Pengwu’s lone army."

"At that time, outside the border will face a standoff among three parties, which would stabilize their conflict—a perfect strategy indeed. If it were me, I would do the same."

"But leaving the Yue Family Army behind, is that ultimately compassionate?"

Pang Shuiyun continued reading the letter: "At the moment, our Lord has disengaged from the front, Yue Qianfeng and I want to return to assist him, but only after ensuring General Yue’s safety; hence, Shuiyun, you must come out of retirement now. This young strategist has now gone to Ying Country and is no longer by our Lord’s side."

"Though our Lord is naturally a hero, he is still young, and throughout history, all commanding heroes have needed strategists to counsel and assist them from left and right sides; without you, we can hardly rest at ease."

"Moreover, the strategist had us give a brocade bag to you."

"It has been sent along with this letter."

Pang Shuiyun noticed a brocade bag tied with a fine thread at the end of the letter.

He stroked the brocade bag, the aged strategist pondering why he would leave Li Guanyi to go to Ying Country or join hands with the Turkic Seven King, muttering to himself, "To aid the Turkic Seven King in independence, causing division on the grassland?"

"And then cause the gap between the Crown Prince and Prince Jiang Guang in Ying Country to erupt into a succession conflict, disturbing the court of Ying Country? But doing this gives Great Chen time to develop, yet Chen Country is already in turmoil; what use is his doing this?"

Pang Shuiyun contemplated for a long while, unsure what the young strategist was thinking.

He opened the brocade bag.

The young strategist’s handwriting was elegant:

"Our Lord can go to Longyou, the world changes rapidly, and he must lay low, with only one request."

Pang Shuiyun felt as if he were sitting face to face with that young strategist; he seemed to see the strategist slightly smiling as he wrote down four characters.

[Only serve as a Guest General.]

In elegant and calm script, yet in these four characters, there was the spirit of a dragon’s roar and a tiger’s howl swallowing the world.

Like thunder, Pang Shuiyun’s eyes contracted fiercely.

In that instant, in his eyes, the young strategist’s strategy had changed again, no longer merely a good strategy to protect Yue Pengwu.

The defensive brigades left behind to keep the Yue Family Army in balance with Ying Country.

The offensive squads protect Yue Pengwu as he enters the area outside the border, using Yue Pengwu to balance against one of the top ten generals outside the border, while also restraining the other two Taiping armies, waiting for the real successor to the Taiping Duke to return.

Also moving the resolute Yue Pengwu directly away from the front lines of Chen Country.

But the remaining Yue Family Army, not as resolute as their general, when they stay, is it really to defend against Ying Country?

Or is it to wait for another person to lead an army directly in?

Thus, weakening Chen Country, splitting the Turkic, disrupting Ying Country, balancing all sides, every party that can affect the big picture has a plan in place.

Pang Shuiyun murmured softly, "Only serve as a Guest General."

Four words, plain and straightforward, yet if before the vast currents of the world, they carry the demeanor of a dragon lurking in the water, a tiger walking alone, because in the eyes of strategists like Pang Shuiyun, Tantai Xianming, and Breaking Army, these four words actually carry another meaning.

[For this life, never serve another.]

The young Master Strategist who wrote this letter must be both very proud and arrogant, with high standards, knowing that only those who can see the world can understand the meaning of these words and glimpse the turbulent waves behind them.

If you cannot comprehend, you are not worthy of being here.

"What an arrogant person..."

Pang Shuiyun started laughing.

[For this life, never serve another.]

This modest yet rampant message,

is enough to instantly ignite the heart of an aged man, already worn out in a past era, as he looked at this brocade bag as if seeing the world as a chessboard.

The young strategist’s eyes are fiery, step by step arranging, the Sacrifice Formation of Tantai Xianming quickly absorbed and learned by the young strategist, then grow instantly, transforming into another setup.

The young strategist has laid this game in front of Pang Shuiyun.

Then extended an invitation to him.

What was originally just an excellent strategy, at the last addition of those four words [Only serve as a Guest General], turned into a matchless strategy. Pang Shuiyun chuckled, then laughed out loud; he didn’t bother looking at the signature under the brocade bag’s note, just tossed it, saying:

"Striving for supremacy under heaven, scheming for the masses."

"Worthy of being Breaking Army, much stronger than your master and grandmaster."

......

Pang Shuiyun turned around and saw his wife standing at the doorway, her hair completely white and her face wrinkled, watching him as though she had no intention to persuade otherwise. The once talented woman simply turned, holding a box, and gently placed it on the table.

She said softly,

"Actually, when I saw that letter, I knew you would definitely leave."

"Wherever you go, I will accompany you."

The woman paused momentarily then said softly, "Actually, I’ve been very happy during these ten years of seclusion here."