Li Yao's heart changed quickly between pounding and absolute stillness. Solemnly, he nodded and replied, "Exactly. Divide and conquer is the best play of the central dynasties. If all the barbarian tribes were united wholes, they would be a major headache for the central dynasties!"
"It's not just the barbarian tribes. The bandits are treated exactly the same way!" Qi Changsheng spat on the ground resentfully. "A few years back, the Heaven Battering Army was not the only force of homeless peasants in the northwest. There were also almost thirty different armies!
"At that time, I tried to talk sense into the leaders of those armies. It didn't matter if they surrendered to the court, but they had to make clear who they were exactly. Would the court ever sincerely trust us?
"Therefore, we must be united. Even if we had to surrender, we would only surrender for a decent price. Also, we must not attack each other even after we surrendered!
