MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again-Chapter 1299 - 276: Discussion

Qin Hong noticed the awkwardness of the four, quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, my master wants me to take charge of the Divine Might Army, but I have a short military experience, and will need your assistance in many matters. I hope the four generals will not hesitate to offer guidance."

Seeing Qin Hong proactively change the topic, the four also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the matter of the Hidden Guard, both emotionally and logically, should not be revealed to Qin Hong by them.

The Deputy General of the Divine Might Army, Li Can, quickly replied, "We will definitely fully assist the Young City Lord to manage the entire Divine Might Army."

The other three also expressed their willingness to fully assist Qin Hong.

In response, Qin Hong bowed with a gesture of thanks and then said, "I still don’t know the names of the four generals."

"I am Li Can, Deputy General of the Divine Might Army. When the City Lord is not present, I temporarily command the entire Divine Might Army."

After Li Can, the three commanders also introduced themselves one by one, "Subordinate Su Pengchen, Commander of the First Battalion of the Divine Might Army."

"Subordinate Hu Yue, Commander of the Second Battalion of the Divine Might Army."

"Subordinate Fang Shentian, Commander of the Third Battalion of the Divine Might Army."

Through surnames Hu Yue and Fang Shentian, Qin Hong could infer they were not from the great families of Photon City, but the surname Su reminded Qin Hong of the Su Family in Photon City and the woman Su Qingyao, causing him to secretly sigh.

Su Qingyao was initially favored by his master, but unfortunately, due to one wrong step that night, she fell from Qin Hong’s favor, and their story ended there.

"Are you from the Su Family?" Qin Hong asked Su Pengchen.

Hearing this, Su Pengchen clasped his hands and nodded, "Subordinate is indeed a descendant of the Su Family, but in the Divine Might Army, we do not look at background, only ability. Subordinate has fought his way to this position with a blade."

Su Pengchen specially explained to Qin Hong that among the four senior leaders of the Divine Might Army, he was the only one from a family background, which is not to say family descendants are incapable, but compared to commoner offspring, sometimes family offspring lack a certain drive.

Qin Hong noticed Su Pengchen feared he might misunderstand and think he rose through connections, so he smiled and said, "Commander Su needn’t worry, I was merely asking. The various families of Photon City have long been united with the City Lord Mansion, I am just curious how many family descendants are there now in the Divine Might Army?"

Regarding this question, Li Can replied, "Returning to the Young City Lord, there are a total of thirty thousand soldiers in the Divine Might Army, with family descendants from Photon City numbering about eight thousand. Most are from the Han family or are commoners, but regardless of family or commoner descent, all can serve the City Lord Mansion unto death!"

Seeing Qin Hong take a particular interest in family and commoner offspring, Li Can specifically added in the end that the City Lord directly entrusted the control of the Divine Might Army to the Young City Lord, which might be a signal of succession.

The Divine Might Army is currently the most formidable military force in Photon City. To wield control over the Divine Might Army is to hold absolute authority in Photon City.

And Qin Hong has laid the foundational basis for absolute authority, so his attitude concerns the future of everyone in Photon City.

It couldn’t help but make them think more, After all, there’s use in family and commoner these considerations. Currently, the City Lord has an attitude of equal treatment for all. If you have ability, then rise; if not, then fall. Family power, influence, before the absolute might of Lu Hong, is futile. But if the Young City Lord were more favorable towards family descendants, there could be major changes in the officer positions within the Divine Might Army.

Upon hearing Li Can’s response, Qin Hong nodded slightly, "Do not overthink, I was just casually asking. By the way, who are our next attack targets as previously planned by my master?"

Hearing this, Li Can replied, "Currently, our army is resting, and soon will enter the Central Battle Zone according to the original plan. However, before this, the City Lord has not finalized a revenge target, so the next steps await the Young City Lord’s decision."

While speaking, Li Can took out a pile of intelligence reports and handed them to Qin Hong.

Qin Hong took the reports and began to peruse them.

The intelligence reports were very detailed, almost mapping out the four great families of the Central Battle Zone.

Back then, four great families from the Central Battle Zone were involved in besieging Photon City: the Long Family, Sky Family, Lin Family, and Nie Family.

The strongest of them being the Sky Family, but Qin Hong knew that the Sky Family acted swiftly; upon learning the Divine Might Army bloodied the Western Battle Zone and Lu Hong killed the Tianlang Empress, they decisively began the family relocation, fleeing quickly. By now, all Seven Branches of the Sky Family except the Second Branch have likely left Rongtian Domain and hidden away. Finding them would be difficult, and waging war beyond the domain is equivalent to challenging the domain master, akin to fighting an entire domain. Qin Hong felt this trouble should not be stirred for now.

As for domestic military action, their reasons were very sensible. Stirring things up in the Military Department led to two factions splitting, which delayed the final decision for the Rongtian Domain’s interior to assault Photon City in all directions decisively.

At least, when the Western Battle Zone was bloodied, senior military officers in the Central Battle Zone were entirely supportive, but now they are fearful, looking to play politics in the Military Department using the Rongtian Domain’s righteousness to pressure them back, but no such thing would easily occur. Though the Eastern Battle Zone, Northern Battle Zone, and Southern Battle Zone are individually weak, when together, they cannot be ignored in the Military Department. They again held back the decision there, rendering their inability to issue definitive orders, allowing the army’s decision to be bypassed.

The Divine Might Army’s entry into the Central Battle Zone no longer faced moral restraint, hence everything happened smoothly.

As for which family to seek revenge first...

Qin Hong deliberated.

"Young City Lord, the Long Family is closest to us, should we target the Long Family first?" Li Can saw Qin Hong silent for a long time and offered his opinion.

In response, Qin Hong shook his head and said, "Though the Long Family committed such heinous acts, Grand Marshal Long Lin in Hua’an City truly sheltered our Photon City to the utmost. Such grace from him should be reciprocated by our Photon City. Send a letter to Grand Marshal Long Lin, tell him if the Long Family is willing to hand over the culprits who participated in the siege of our Photon City’s army back then and release the Qin Long Guards they have imprisoned, Photon City shall spare them, this opportunity is given only once, I hope they cherish it!"

"Aye!"

After settling the matter with the Long Family, Qin Hong pointed toward the Ne family forces on the sand table.

"How strong is the Nie Family?"

"Returning to the Young City Lord, the Nie Family controls three cities, possessing a million mercenaries, advocating martial culture, making it virtually an army-capable populace. The Nie Family doesn’t own much industry, but it’s all solid military industry, under its banner there are four Martial Kings, though only one is in the Late Stage."

"Then let’s start with the Nie Family!" Qin Hong decided on the attack target, and a few began discussing marching and assault routes.

Though the Nie Family controls three cities, only one is a suburb, while the two below the suburb hold little interest for Qin Hong in attack, so the main target remains this Nie Family suburb, a renowned Nie Family Army Fortress in Rongtian Domain. Historically, once there was a joint invasion of Rongtian Domain, invading armies were stopped outside the Nie Family Army Fortress, fighting for three months without cessation, yet unable to take this fortress. This Nie Family Army Fortress is essentially a bastion east of Rongtian Main City, long controlled by the Nie Family, with the Nie Family’s reputation soaring due to this fortress, becoming one of the top four families in the Central Battle Zone.

Regarding Qin Hong’s decision, the other three commanders exchanged glances. They didn’t understand why the Nie Family was chosen first, as it’s clearly the strongest military family among the four. Why, start by biting the toughest bone?

But though puzzled, they didn’t query or refute as it was now this lord controlling the Divine Might Army.

After settling this matter, Qin Hong asked again, "Is the entire Divine Might Army following the path of the Fierce Blood Warriors?"

"Returning to the Young City Lord, the Divine Might Army comprises entirely Second Transformation Fierce Blood Warriors. We four have stepped into the Second Transformation Level 10, while internal team commanders are all Second Transformation Level 7 and above soldiers. Eighty percent of the soldiers have already entered Second Transformation Level 4."

Upon hearing this, Qin Hong sighed, "Unfortunately, I am a Grand Masters and cannot cooperate with you to form the military formations, entrust the Military Formation Technique to General Li!"