"This Marquis of Guanjun!" gasped the Emperor Jingtai upon receiving the message from the 'Fire-Eye Crow'. His face was pale, but he remained calm.
"What do you, Minister Yu, think of the Marquis of Guanjun's chances of victory in this northern expedition?"
"Normally, he doesn't even have a one in three chance." Yu Jie shook his head. "Although his all-firearm tactics have performed well in several military simulations, these simulations cannot fully display the myriad changes on the battlefield.
"Whether it's the momentum of the Iron Cavalry charge or the barrage and line fire he speaks of, none of these can be genuinely demonstrated. So, how reliable can the results of these simulations be?"
He had high expectations for Li Xuan's firearms unit, but the full firearm tactics were too aggressive.