Quan Ji smiled faintly, but her eyes revealed a shrewd and cold nature.
"Don't you know that I have people in the Qingquan Empire's support? We can start alienating the people from within."
Then everyone remembered this matter again.
"Brilliant!"
"But... if we use the same method once or twice, the other side will definitely figure out that there is an undercover agent working with us from the inside. What will we do then?"
"There's no need to worry about that," Quan Ji said confidently. "By the time they realize it, we will have already captured two cities, and the people in the other cities will naturally find places to hide."
"As for how to fight... have you ever heard of the Empty City Stratagem?"
"The Empty City Stratagem?" The term wasn't exactly new to most people: "Isn't this a strategy for defending a city?"
Quan Ji smiled and shook her head: "This is a strategy for defending the city, but the reverse is a strategy for deterrence."
"Our only advantage right now is that our top-level strength is overwhelming, but we are far inferior in other aspects, so... if a real fight breaks out, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."
"My idea is that when attacking the first two cities, everyone should push forward with all their might, giving them the illusion that we are already so strong that we are completely invincible."
"At this point, they will definitely realize that there is a traitor in their ranks, and they will start to panic. In addition, with our constant pressure, and the fact that the Qingquan Empire's national system is based on local autonomy, as long as we make a big enough move, and then pretend to be weak and sweep through a city, they will inevitably be left with psychological trauma."
"Therefore, we can disperse our troops to various cities and surround them from all sides, feigning weakness to create a sense of panic. At this point, they will probably not dare to fight at all."
"People are selfish. In the face of absolute power, one's own life is always the most important thing."
Everyone understood what Quan Ji's plan meant.
No wonder it's called the Empty City Stratagem!
First, let the enemy know that you are so powerful that you are completely unable to resist.
By dispersing one's forces and attacking various cities in a coordinated manner, even if one's strength appears weak, it is enough to make the enemy mistakenly believe that one has a backup plan and dare not act rashly.
That's brilliant!
If it really works, then we can achieve victory without losing a single soldier.
The people looked at Quan Ji with even more admiration.
Fang Si exclaimed in admiration, "Such courage at such a young age, no wonder everyone in our Azure Academy has high expectations for you, Quan Ji... I'm increasingly looking forward to seeing how far you can go in the end."
Quan Ji cupped her hands in a respectful gesture towards Fang Si.
"Director Fang is too kind."
The meeting has ended.
The next day, news came from the "Silverwing Army" of the Luohe Empire, which Quan Ji held in her hands, that they had taken full control of Qingshui City and were evacuating the people.
The third day.
The Holy Glory army rose early and assembled 50,000 troops, which, apart from some garrison troops, can be considered a full-scale attack.
The border city of the Qingquan Empire is called Qingshui City, where a long and wide river blocks everyone's way.
On the other side of the river was the city gate of Qingshui City. Not far from the city gate was a stone platform with a mechanism used to cross the river, but it had been put away.
Princess Quan rode at the forefront, gazing at the city gate, and shouted loudly:
"Qingshui City of the Qingquan Empire, I'm giving you one minute to consider. Either activate the stone platform immediately and surrender, or wait for my Holy Glory Empire to crush your city!"
The Holy Glory Army soldiers joined in the shouting, their voices amplifying each other.
"Surrender and you'll live!"
Just then, a fat man with big ears came out.
The Lord of Qingshui City.
The city lord of Qingshui City, supporting his large belly, stood at the city gate and laughed heartily with the soldiers guarding the city.
"Hahahaha! Did you hear that? The Holy Glory Empire is attacking! We're so scared!"
"I never imagined that Qing Zinan, that good-for-nothing, would lead 30,000 troops to conquer the mere Holy Glory Empire and suffer a complete annihilation! And now you've launched a counterattack!"
"No way, no way? Does anyone really think that a newly promoted third-level empire can fight against an established third-level empire? If I were you, I'd be grateful if I could gain an advantage in one battle and then wait to be wiped out!"
"You're being incredibly careless in attacking my Qingshui City, not even bringing siege ladders? With the Qingshui River here, not a single one of your soldiers will get through!"
The city lord of Qingshui City was practically laughing himself silly when he saw the Holy Glory Empire attacking.
Their Qingquan Empire had dominated the third-tier empires for many years, and no one dared to touch them. This was the first time in so long that they had been attacked proactively.
He remained completely calm.
After all, the Holy Glory Empire is inferior to the Clear Spring Empire in every way, not to mention that the Clear Spring Empire has such a moat in front of its gates!
I have to say, this fatso really needs to be taught a lesson when he talks.
A hint of mockery appeared in Quan Ji's eyes, and then she slightly raised her finger and said.
"Even without the Sky Ladder, we can still get across. You have ten seconds left to make your final choice."
The lord of Qingshui City paid no attention to Quan Ji's words.
They didn't even notice that there was someone standing behind them next to the mechanism that opened the ladder.
Kwon Ji held up three fingers.
“3…”
"2..."
"1!"
Instantly, the priest behind the city lord of Qingshui City activated the mechanism, and foam rose from the bottom of the Qingshui River.
As the stones at the bottom of the water floated up one by one, the first reaction of the Lord of Qingshui City was to stare blankly with wide eyes.
Immediately, he turned around to look behind him.
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