"There is a limits of one self! Elder our land is wasting away while we are here! We can not maintain this support, we are ashamed! But please understand!" Some of the lords decided to go back home to their land, or they would not survived the winter.
The problem was simple, a lord of a low domain would carry about 200 men or more! A lord of a middle domain would carry about 450 men or more! And a prosperous lord would carry 600 men or more! Each senior hall master has 250 disciples, Each Junior hall master has 150 disciples, making the main Wen forces about almost 6000 strong. Roughly combined the overall numbers should reach 10.000 strong!
Wen Jin 100 dragonewts, generals, and some auxiliary units like cooks, washers and caretakers only barely 2% of the numbers! He had strict eating rations, the provisions was always enough to meets the satisfaction of the personnel in camp, almost certain to say Wen Jin camp was the most properly take a good care of!
By the help of his wife Junlong, Wen Jin has been arranging some of the domain business with maintaining consultations with his celestial arts skills!
The other surprise was his one night stand with his wife hits the jackpot, Junlong actually pregnant! So Junlong would give birth sometimes at the end of the year at winter times! Wen Siang was excited to be a gugu (traditional calling for the sister of the father). So in other words from the entire lords of the Wen branch family only Wen Jin's domain reach a secure status both in the territorial and economic stability! His small town has became a small city, prospering and developing far from the war!
One by one the lord of the Wen branch family began to return, even the master of the hall has to continue their activity like Wen Jin's father Wen Tjong since he was responsible for spirit beast tradings for the family.
"Father, i will start to send the captured battle spirit beast of my land this end of year, i hope they would meet the standard of being used by the family or fetch a high price in the auctions!" Wen Jin.
"Secure the best for your branch first! Then think about sending it!" Wen Tjong.
"You are testing me right! No way i'll send only the best kind!" Wen Jin smiled.
"You!" Wen Tjong walk away smiling and shook his head.
Sending bad quality spirit beast only will besmirch his father name and reputation as a hall master that handle the spirit beast purchasing and training for the main Wen family house.
The camp man power decreased greatly only three elder including Wen Xiong remains. Only three branch family lord that still on stand by, two of them was the land lord of the land the central city walls. Well it roughly still counts as an outer parts of the main family not a complete branch family, their main tasked was to arrange passage fee for purchased goods and tax fee for sold goods that going through the city markets.
3000 men power, it was less than half and only a part from them that actually have experience in fights!
At the Liang's camp, Liang Guan was surprise "They really took this matter lightly! They left 3.000 out of the original 10.000!" Liang Guan furious!
"Calm yourself elder! No need to flex your resentment, they wiling to part themselves with the number, they usually reach a consensus about something! I believe not too long know the Wen will sent messenger to asked for a truce and asked for negotiation!" Liang Fan.
"If there not!?" Liang Guan.
"Then i will meet them at the front line! And when i attack i plan to divide and conquer! Mercy would be beneath me!" Liang Fan.
The three elder was talking to a few of the senior hall master that was left behind to fend off the Liang's invasion.
"We need to decide a proper actions against the Liang's we suggested that we proposed a negotiations!" Wen Xiong.
Most the senior hall master felt that how the war is progressing was because the elder was too timid to handle the situation, since there are only three left on the battle field they are simply only advisors, to represents the family as whole there suppose to be eight of the elder present with unanimous votes. The choice to offer a negotiations was uncalled for!
"Dear elders why do you all propose that! We are surely winning the war! The conditions was the coercing force that made us to back down and mostly your advice sure make an influence on our restricted moves! Most of the senior hall master wanted to crush the Liang's across the river, why don't you let us go! And now when our number was scarce you propose to negotiate?" The senior hall master was annoyed.
"Surely you don't want to go overboard with one victory!" Wen Xiong.
"You never give us a chance! We don't know!" Another senior hall master replied the argument!
"I see, then you are wondering are we, the elder was a conceited kind?" Wen Xiong being a little bit pushing the nerves of the young hall master.
"Not like that Elders, all we saying was simply let us fight the war with dignity, this waiting for almost a year is so wasting time and resources! Let us fight!" The first spoken senior hall master explained.
"Fight! Yes let us prove our selves!"
"That is right! We can defeat them, but if we don't try how would we know!"
"Yes! Enough for being to cautious! We need to be more active!"
Almost all of the remaining senior hall master voiced the same ideas, the remaining junior hall masters also nod their head all together!
"So you want to challenge the Liang?" Wen Xiong looked them with concern, he turn around looking at two other elder who was almost in disdain too.
"Are you sure about this!" Wen Xiong looked back at the whole room. Their face was full of confidence, which was dangerous!
"Alright, you are of the main family! What happen if you lost!" Wen Xiong was a straight forward person.
"We won't!" Many senior hall master stand up!
"Please words alone can not give people assurance!" Wen Xiong.
"Then what do you think elder!" One senior hall master replied.
"Really, you all have some nerves hahahaha! Fine! If you would lost, i will give a chance from our branch family to deal with the Liang! And you all know what that means!" Wen Xiong.
"This!" They all look at each other for a moment, than nod at each other "We won't failed!"
"Hahaha! It's goes without saying then! Please do as you like!" Wen Xiong came back to his seat, two other elder wanted to talk to Wen Xiong but he raised his palm and shook his head "young people learn from mistake, all we have only words, they can choose to ignore, we just hope after they falls, they could rise even higher then before, because then they will gain new heights in foundation!"
"Master!" Sahuang suddenly appeared beside Wen Jin.
"Tell me!" Wen Jin has been expecting news, Sahuang was tasked to monitored the main camp movement!
"There is a message from you great grandfather, he said 'get ready your turn is next, you might have to clean up!' And he gave you this!" Sahuang give Wen Jin an elder authority token with a Xiong character on it!
The elder authority token was used to take over a situation that was beyond the operative ability.
"Hongfa! Tiangou! Prepare for deployment! Jingwei recon, observe the enemies on the next war i want to know your very detailed analysis on their ability and let us discuss their weakness for counter measures! I hope my seniors could hold them off enough to give me enough for analysis!" Wen Jin.
"Sahuang tell my great grandfather i will be ready when the time comes, but he must invite me to the main tent before i went to the battle field! I want my reward discussed in the front, and expected to get what i am promised in the end!" Wen Jin.
The assassin moved back and disappear into the shadows.
"The way he does that always creeps me out!" Wen Su.
"Can you really trust him?" Wen Ping.
"He took a blood oath, the Wen assassin clan sides with no one!" The clan was made by the founder to safe keep the Wen descendants to not kill each other, that is why they can not directly killed Wen Jin when he was on his survival test!
"Alright if you say so, now you have to tell us what kind of plan do you have?" Wen Ping.
"First! Tell your father that he has to redrawn himself from this upcoming battle! Make an excuse i don't care how!" Wen Jin face was dead serious! The two of them nod before going out to exit the tent, to tell their father.