Chapter 913
The matter, once clarified, was not complicated at all: the current situation was at a stalemate; the strategy was to break the impasse by exploiting the situation and drawing the troops from the North Land to attack the Eastern Sea.
Such simplicity, yet Hong Liao had failed to think of it. It wasn't that his intellect was much inferior to He Shen's; the crux was a matter of perspective.
Hong Liao's vision was confined to Jiangnan alone, his thoughts constant but bereft of a strategy to defeat the enemy. Whereas He Shen's gaze encompassed the whole world, allowing him to see further and contemplate more. Thus, he could conceive of what Hong Liao could not.
Having once worked by Cheng Dalei's side, he had inevitably absorbed something from Cheng Dalei. Faced with significant events, he would invariably deliberate thoroughly, replaying scenarios time and again in his mind.
