Their plan was based solely on the intelligence gathered by their spies, who had been planted within Mao City.
However, these spies had no access to what occurred inside the meeting chamber between the ruler and his four subordinate leaders.
Thus, they had no idea what Mao City was truly up against.
And so, they proceeded with their strategy: giving Mao City enough time to see whether it would endure or eventually beg for aid.
Leader Gao Xuan estimated this period to be about two weeks, during which they would continue monitoring Mao City and attack any outgoing teams.
But for Mao City, two weeks would be more than enough.
The threat posed by a third-rank Mist Wolf far exceeded the danger of the alliance between the two cities.
From Leader Gao Xuan's words, it became clear that they planned to eventually conquer both Mao City and Yang City.
This validated Leader Ling Shao's opinion: their alliance was built solely on mutual gain—and alliances built on profit alone never last.