Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 298 - 286 Qin Qing’s Suggestion

The other generals were all casting dissatisfied looks at Qin Qing.

In recent days, quite a few people had already heard about Qin Qing.

In their view, Qin Qing must be a descendant of the Royal Family, perhaps sent to the battlefield by his elders to gain experience.

Therefore, they all held Qin Qing in contempt.

Seeing him now singing a different tune from them naturally resulted in every one of them showing him a displeased face.

General Zhao’s brows furrowed slightly.

Over the past few days, following General Zhao, Qin Qing had indeed given him some advice, and Zhao Danchen found these suggestions to be quite sensible.

This indicated that Qin Qing did have some insight into warfare, at least not the incompetent person Zhao Danchen had originally imagined.

But now...

"Qin Qing, our army’s morale is at its peak, and the Northern Yuan army has already declined to an extreme, if we don’t attack now, then when?" Zhao Danchen looked at Qin Qing and said.

Qin Qing nodded slightly, "General Zhao is correct, our army’s morale is high while the Northern Yuan’s forces are in continuous defeat, logically speaking... now is indeed the best time for a final assault, but—"

Qin Qing hadn’t finished his sentence when he was directly interrupted by Liao Chong.

"But nothing! The essence of war is speed! Opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting!"

"Our morale is high right now, everyone believes it’s the best moment to advance on the palace, and yet you are here throwing cold water! What exactly are your intentions?"

Another general also coldly stated, "Undermining the army’s morale is a beheading offense!"

"Enough, there’s no need to argue any further!" Zhao Danchen waved his hand, signaling everyone to stop bickering: "All soldiers heed my command, at three quarters past noon today, we will launch a final assault on the Northern Yuan’s main camp."

"By sunrise tomorrow, I want Tu Alar’s head!"

"Understood!"

The many generals, one by one, clenched their fists in salute.

Subsequently, they filed out of the tent, returning to their respective camps to prepare for the final assault.

"General Zhao."

Qin Qing still wanted to explain and voice his thoughts to Zhao Danchen, but Zhao Danchen simply waved his hand: "Qin Qing, there’s no need to speak further. One cannot hesitate on the battlefield. You should have heard the saying, ’Hesitation leads to defeat.’ You’re still young, there are many things you don’t understand, and there’s a lot on the battlefield you still need to patiently learn!"

"I know you also have the interests of the Great Qian Army at heart, but..."

As he said this, Zhao Danchen patted Qin Qing’s shoulder: "Learn well. I believe that in the future, you can certainly become a general with true ability and genuine knowledge!" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

The implication was that, for the moment, Qin Qing was only a general in name without real ability or knowledge.

An empty figurehead.

Leaving these words behind, Zhao Danchen did not wait for Qin Qing to respond and directly exited the tent.

Resigned, Qin Qing knew that anything he said now wouldn’t be heard by Zhao Danchen.

But he was indeed certain that now was not the right time for a total assault.

Qin Qing had also been on the battlefield these past few days, observing carefully.

It was true that the Northern Yuan army was collapsing step by step, and it was also true that the Great Qian Army’s morale was at its peak.

But...

The retreat of the Northern Yuan army was far from normal.

At first, the Northern Yuan army was still resisting with all its might.

That was because their intelligence had already been completely controlled by the Great Qian Army, which had been passive from the start.

Thus, the Northern Yuan Army was continuously defeated, only able to retreat step by step.

However, during the last two days, the retreat of the vast Northern Yuan forces seemed very abnormal; on the frontlines, Qin Qing even saw many areas where the Northern Yuan Army simply gave up resisting.

This was completely contrary to the Northern Yuan Army’s style of fighting to the death.

So... Qin Qing speculated that there might be deceit involved, and the Northern Yuan forces used this strategy to advance by retreating.

Their only aim was to lure the enemy deep into their territory!

To verify his conjecture, Qin Qing borrowed the Zhuiri Ancestor’s Bodhi Sculpture, which he rode to observe the Northern Yuan Army’s situation and found something unusual about the main camp where the vast forces of the Northern Yuan were stationed.

All of the armies did not show real panic; instead, they seemed to be arranging the Battle Array in an orderly fashion.

Moreover, the Battle Array kept changing.

The reason Qin Qing was able to guess this was that he was a Spiritual Pattern Master himself.

He had an extremely keen perception of Spiritual Patterns, and from a certain perspective, Battle Arrays bear great similarities to Spiritual Arrays, or one might say they evolved from Spiritual Arrays...

So Qin Qing knew that if there wasn’t a foolproof strategy, launching a full-scale assault now might fall right into the Northern Yuan’s trap!

...

Qin Qing knew that now he simply couldn’t sway Zhao Danchen; whatever he said, Zhao Danchen would not believe him.

So... Qin Qing decided to seek out Zhao Danchen’s Councilor.

Zhao Danchen’s Councilor was named Dong Zhongjin, who had followed Zhao Danchen for many years; his words might get through to Zhao Danchen.

"Councilor Dong!" Qin Qing found Dong Zhongjin and explained his purpose: "General Zhao does not wish to listen to me now, but this matter is of great importance, so I hope you can help me convey it."

"You can’t persuade General Zhao, so you come to talk to me?" Dong Zhongjin smiled; naturally, he took Qin Qing’s words with a grain of salt.

If General Zhao Danchen didn’t listen to Qin Qing, it indicated that there must be a problem with Qin Qing’s ideas.

In Dong Zhongjin’s view, how could Zhao Danchen of Jiang Jun not be a seasoned general who had fought on the battlefield for many years, while Qin Qing was but a newcomer here to bide his time and to gold-plate his resume.

Between the two, Dong Zhongjin clearly knew whom to trust.

However, Dong Zhongjin, being a Councilor at the general’s side, was a smooth operator, someone adept at handling and mediating various relationships.

Therefore, Dong Zhongjin spoke without offending Qin Qing, saying with a touch of earnestness, "General Qin, tell me your thoughts, or if you have any specific suggestions, tell me all of them. I will record them carefully, then convey them to General Zhao! Nothing will be missed!"

Qin Qing glanced at Dong Zhongjin; on his person, he saw a hint of perfunctory intent.

But Qin Qing had no other choice now; he could only relay all his thoughts and observations from the past few days to Dong Zhongjin in full detail.

Dong Zhongjin, holding a Jade Slip in his hand, indeed seemed to be carefully recording everything Qin Qing said.

"All right, General Qin. I’ve recorded all that you said." Dong Zhongjin said.

"Then I’ll trouble Councilor Dong to deliver the Jade Slip to General Zhao as soon as possible," Qin Qing said.

"Certainly!" Dong Zhongjin bowed slightly and left.

Not long after leaving, Dong Zhongjin’s mouth curled into a hint of a contemptuous smile, and he casually tossed the Jade Slip into the Spirit Ring.

"A green boy giving advice to General Zhao?"

"What hasn’t General Zhao seen on the battlefield after so many years of campaigns?"

Dong Zhongjin shook his head.