Since hostilities would break out sooner or later, why not open with the most unyielding position?
If this were a chessboard, the Mount Song Army headquarters was just a casual move meant to symbolize the Li Palace's renewed voice to the continent.
The second move in Wenshui City was a deciding move, a move that would determine life and death.
The letter writer wanted to use the matter of Tang Thirty-Six to have Chen Changsheng take the toughest posture possible.
This attitude was for the Tang clan to see, but not for the Tang Second Master to see.
Although the chief branch had already lost power, the Tang clan was still the Tang Old Master's Tang clan.
The letter writer was gambling on the decision the Tang Old Master would make towards the Orthodoxy's most unyielding stance.
