When Guo Hongyan of Shang led the elite troops to attack, on the Qingyun side, the crown prince of Qingyun also went to the battlefield in person and gave orders calmly:
"Don't panic, everyone. We may not be able to completely defeat the Shang Kingdom, but as long as we can delay the Shang Kingdom, it will be enough. The Northern Theater of the Cultivation Alliance has deployed a large amount of military supplies, troops, and masters. As long as we withstand the initial pressure, our Qingyun Kingdom will have a chance to breathe. In addition, we have already started to make arrangements when we declared war on the Shang Kingdom. Now, we have a complete line of defense. These lines of defense are enough to make the Shang Kingdom helpless in a short period of time. And if the Shang Kingdom wants to occupy Yingzhou, it must not use Skyfire bombs and so on, otherwise what awaits them will be collective opposition from the whole Yingzhou! Moreover, the large-scale use of Skyfire bombs will damage the luck of the Shang Kingdom. For this reason alone, the Shang Kingdom will not use them casually."
What the Crown Prince of Zhao said was absolutely right. All the generals immediately suppressed their uneasiness and prepared to go to the front line to fight against the Shang Kingdom.
Unlike the generals of Shang, the generals of Qingyun and almost all other countries are from the aristocracy and vested interests. They will not give up their current lives easily. Struggle is necessary, but they will not give up even if there is a slight chance of victory.
What's more, now we have formed a cultivation alliance, which feels very powerful.
The crown prince of Qingyun said so, and the senior officials of Qingyun also thought so, even Xiang Zhen, the current military commander of Qingyun, thought so. However, as a military commander, Xiang Zhen had to consider more things, such as the air attack of Shang State.
Standing on a mountain peak, Xiang Zhen seriously thought about every aspect of the defense. Facing the Shang Kingdom, as long as Qingyun Kingdom could delay the Shang Kingdom, it would be a huge victory.
While thinking, Xiang Zhen said to the generals around him: "Everyone, we should have an optimistic attitude. Speaking of it, the pressure on Shang is much heavier than ours. We are not afraid of failure, so as long as we succeed once, it will be enough to break the myth of Shang. But Shang is not the same. As long as it fails once, the myth of Shang will be broken. Don't you think this is the truth?"
Everyone nodded immediately. It is not easy to achieve success continuously. Besides, Qingyun Country does not need to pursue success this time. As long as they can stop the attack of Shang Country, it will be enough. Thinking of this, the pressure is much lighter.
The generals of Qingyun State began to actively think about and explore various aspects of defense:
"We should do this for air attacks. No matter how powerful the Shang Kingdom's air attacks are, conventional weapons cannot effectively penetrate the ground a hundred meters deep or a solid mountaintop. We should dig air-raid shelters. Once we find Shang Kingdom's planes, we will get into the air-raid shelters; after the planes pass, we will get out and fight. I believe that after doing this a few times, Shang Kingdom will realize their powerlessness."
"There are also defenses on both sides, which are weak areas. We should send personnel to supervise them."
"We can actively launch a strong attack on some important military strongholds, or even launch a feint attack, to create tension for the Shang State and to contain the Shang State's combat effectiveness."