The war machines blotted the skies and fills the earth.

The forces of the three generals might encircle the capital but they would not attack the capital city if they could help it.

Even if they breached the capital city, they would not massacre the inhabitants.

That would be trampling on the face of Death Monarch.

If Wang Jian or any generals dare do such a thing, the world would not be surprised if Death Monarch execute such a general

The war is now about to begin in earnest. Before, even though there is death, there is cities being attacked and the battle for the skies was waged, the warriors, the high-ranking members of each faction did not show their face.

But to those who have been following the matters of this war from the beginning and is privy to some inside access, knows that Wang Jian had floated the idea of attacking

Not the army or a strategic deployment attacking. Not another general.

He himself would march into battle.

Wang Jian the Southern Suppressing general, the High King of the South.

He would ride his white steed, a Pegasus gifted to him by Athena, wearing the Cloud Walking Boots, the War God Gold Chain Armour, the Phoenix Feather Cap, wiled the Ruyi Jingu Bang and shows the demenaour of the War God that he is

Since he became the Southern Suppressing general, he rarely went to the frontline again. Not because he is incapable of it but because there is no need.

As for why he did not appear in the frontline this time, it is simply because as long as he did not appear, Sasha would not appear.

As long as he did not appear and did not break that tacit agreement, this conflict would not pass a certain line.

But if he shows himself, using his power and formation, he would be able to break the defence of the capital.

And so, Sasha would have to appear.

This means a complete break.

Wang Jian is serious about capturing Sasha now.

And Sasha would also not hold back.

Wang Jian might only want to capture Sasha and occupy the capital and urge Death Monarch to return but Sasha, that woman certainly wanted Wang Jian dead.

Everyone knows that Sasha wanted Wang Jian dead.

Sasha did not hate Wang Jian.

She is only wary of Wang Jian powers that could overwhelm the central authority.

To her, this is already a subject that supersede his authority

It did not matter how loyal he was. What matters was that he has the capability to stir wind and clouds all over Pandemonium

This influence is even more terrifying than his military abilities.

Of course, while Death Monarch was there, Sasha admonition to execute Wang Jian is merely just words that one would say to exhibit loyalty to Death Monarch and Pandemonium

But now that he is not there this simple words , words that no politicians would take it seriously is now a campaign promise.

If Wang Jian took to battle, even if Sasha did not want to kill Wang Jian, she might be forced to

Now, that one reached this point, certain things is no longer simple.

There is now interest that are pushing both the military and civil service officials to clash with each other.

And someone must die.

If Wang Jian lead his elite guard himself against the army, Sasha would activate the Imperial Guard and she would lead this force to fight Wang Jian.

At that time, loser would be bandit and winners would become king.

Wang Jian is known to have perfected the method of military formations.

Before him, armies have lost its importance. Because one person alone could defeat hundreds of men

But Wang Jian was the first recorded human on earth to use military formation that is combined with the energy of heaven and earth

He was the first to found a way to fuse the heaven and earth energy with military formations.

It is because of him, when military formations are used, it unifies the souls, the energies and create countless apparition and Will Image

It is because of this method that even an Orb Condensing stage leveller could fight against Disk Formation expert.

As long as they created a military formation and gather the energy and uses the methods of the military formation, they could concentrate the power of the soldiers and relying on the will and belief of the soldiers created a strike that could bring down people who are a few level above them

Of course, the higher the level of the being that they wanted to take down, the more soldiers they need. The number of soldiers needed also varied depending on the realm of the soldiers

If the enemy is Disk Formation realm and the soldiers is Orb Condensing stage leveler, it might ned a few thousand of such soldiers to defend and suppress one Disk Formation leveler.

If its Seed Forming soldiers who are elite, it might only need fifty soldiers. If its just a normal Seed Forming soldier, then it might need a hundred of more depending on the realm and level of the Disk Formation enemy.

Wang Jian has one hundred elite guards.

This one hundred guards are no normal guards

Wang Jian trained all of them. And when he was tasked with the Southern region, he promoted all of these men to his retainers.

And retainers could support villages and cities.

They are more like feudal lords and Wang Jian is like the king above them

In the Southern region the influence of the Central Government did not reach that far.

these retainers of his is always scattered all over the Southern region suppressing evil people, eradicating monster, ensuring the well-being and safety of the Southern Regions of Pandemonium.

When the war started, Wang Jian did not yet call upon them but these retainers of his were all ready to enter the war.

When the order was given, they all ride their Battlestar to reach the main battlefield and reunited with Wang Jian already reinforces just a few hundred miles away from the capital. Even though they are a few hundred miles away from the capital, a hundred miles is nothing for them.

It was then that Wang Jian reorganizes back the army.

Now, the retainers had merged their forces under Wang Jian banner and they themselves relinquishes their temporary title as Pacification general and once again gathered under Wang Jian as one hundred elite guard.

This one hundred elite guard could break any protection formation in the world.

They are the trump card of Wang Jian and one of the sharpest weapon of Pandemonium

And now Wang Jian is calling them here, to break the capital defences and all of this one hundred men obeys

It shows that their loyalty is toward Wang Jian.

This alone had confirmed some of the things that Sasha had said.

Those soldiers that is under Wang Jian, do they follow the orders of the Central Government or did they follow the order of Wang Jian?

The fact is in front of everyone eyes.

These one hundred men were all given titles and authority.

Even though it is under the authority of the Southern Suppressing General, their titles and authority were stamped and approved by the central authority.

In other words, even though the Southern Suppressing general appointed them, it is more like a recommendation and their roles and power that is vested upon them could not be properly used unless it was given permission by the central authority.

In times of war, the Suppressing Generals have almost unlimited power to give titles. But these titles are only temporary.

Each time there is a conflict in the land of Pandemonium, whether it is a monster invasion, a kingdom fighting against each other and doing something abominable that require the army to interfere, or even an alien attack, the Suppressing generals would use this authority to quickly give tehri retainers and their commanders power and authority to command the scene

But after each of these crisis is alleviated or solved, their power, authorities and title is stripped

In other words, the generals guarding the four directions of Pandemonium all have great power in war. But when peace reigned, their power turns into recommendation power.

They could recommend people.

And of course, most of the time, the central court would simply stamp the seal of approval. Because they themselves are far away from these places, the general surely would know better who to use and who not to use than they that is on the central court

But this recommendation power is not absolute. Just because the generals recommended it does not mean that the central court MUST approve it.

Those one hundred men, because of their merits and their efforts, the central court has decided to entrust them with great responsibility and approve of their title and powers. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

This is grace and this is a bestowal that should make them feel gratitude to the central power.

They should have been loyal to the central government.

But that is not real life.

In real life, in the eyes of those one hundred men, they are tied tightly to Wang Jian side from the moment Wang Jian recommended them

The merits and efforts that they have could they be separated from Wang Jian giving them position and power?

If they were not retainers of Wang Jian, would they even be in the eyes of the central court officials?

So, even though there were admonishment and there were messages from the central government before to not heed any Wang Jian orders, these one hundred men all knows that whether they are really loyal to Wang Jian or not, they still have to follow Wang Jian orders

And one could not blame them for this matter.

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