The residence of the house guest, after Ye Shikai conveyed the intelligence obtained by the Hidden Guard to his confidant schemers, the group fell silent, not because they were helpless, but because they were pondering how to respond.
"General believes that now is not the best time for an expedition, wishing to wait for Xianyang's garrison to reinforce the Great Wall before launching an attack on Ba Shu." A strategist stepped forward and said with a bow, Ye Shikai looked up to see it was the one who had previously gifted him the Ba Shu map, and later learned the man's name was Xu Jia, a distinguished gentleman from Chu Territory, locally renowned among the talented.
"You're right, a part of the reason is indeed so," Ye Shikai nodded and replied, "Within Xianyang City, there are still over a hundred thousand troops, and these are elite Qin Army forces. Whether they reinforce the Great Wall or Ba Shu, they can alter the battlefield's dynamics."
