"Your Majesty!" Another general stepped forward, knelt down, and kowtowed, "If Your Majesty cares for us soldiers... and doesn't want us to shed blood and sacrifice in vain, we should annihilate the Yan Kingdom now. Otherwise, when the Yan Kingdom recovers, it will be even harder to fight and only cause more soldier casualties! The strategy of merging the two countries proposed by the Yan Kingdom is of no benefit to our Zhou Dynasty. Your Majesty, you must not be soft-hearted..."
"Master Lu Jin... what do you think?" Bai Qingyan picked up the hot tea beside her and asked.
Lu Jin hurried forward, saluted Bai Qingyan, and then said, "This matter has both pros and cons. As all the ministers have said, it is possible that this is just a delaying tactic by the Yan Kingdom. They set a three-year period to use this time to recover and then fight against our Zhou Dynasty. This is not impossible!"
The court officials all agreed.
