"Your Eminence..." General Reyes glanced weakly at the back of the Cardinal Priest, then looked up at old Liu.
"A hundred thousand Mulanese is nothing; if I really wanted, my Summer Palace guards could handle them all!" Liu Zhankai waved his hand, indicating that Reyes need not speak: "But we're facing a prolonged battle; we must shatter the enemy's spirit and pride at once, so I've got a plan in mind, but it's not appropriate to tell you much about it! You just need to manage your own troops and make sure to guard the main city of this Northeast Province! As for the opinion of the church, just let it go in one ear and out the other. After all, Witherspoon's highest military officer is you, not him."
General Reyes nodded silently.
A unit of Mulan cavalry, flying the silver star moon banner, swaggered past Witherspoon City, the wild shouts spreading dust everywhere as the camel hooves trampled the ground.
