Inside the Star Palace.
The Emperor rubbed his brow, having looked at the maps all morning, pondering over and over, still missing something, unable to think of a perfect solution.
As Cao De had mentioned, the location chosen by Xue Ping for the private soldiers to hide was exceptionally advantageous. They needed to be rapidly and completely annihilated; otherwise, these people could immediately flee to another country. Once the situation cooled down, they could regroup and return, causing endless harm.
If it were regular troops, it would be over, but with Shen Shi stealthily leading his men there and summoning additional forces from the nearest garrisons to watch the paths to Goryeo, the Tartar, and the Northern Slave Cadre, they could ambush and destroy these soldiers as they attempted to flee through these routes.
