"To Win Victory in battle, the leader mus know how to use both direct and indirect methods. The interplay between direct and indirect methods generates countless tactics." ~Sun Tzu
*the news of the Duke of Yellow Rock's victory in the north gave great pleasure to the covetous Cao Te. Like his father he was an ambitious and ruthless man. He was covetous of advantage, and would never let one slip away. But like his mother, Empress Lu, he was a cynic, and distrustful of any good news. It made him sour at parties, but it made him a capable leader. Though word was that of victory, he prepared as though it were word of defeat. He fortified his position between the two towns he had made secure, a statement of their new ownership, but also of the end of his aggression. Cao Te was not as generous as his father. His ambition was the reunification of Uros with the capital city being the city of Sunjian.
The towns were added to the tax rolls, and plans were made to increase the guard near the season of taxation, just in case tensions arose with the Boaamite Kingdom when the reminder of reduced funds came to them. None of the Cao family dynasty that now lived, were of the sort to take chances that could not be minimized.
Within days of the ending of the invasion of Boaam, half of the Sunji navy was put to sea, their mission? Unknown to any but the Armada commander, and the Emperor Cao Cao himself. On what errand were they departing? The only thing certain, was that the Continent of Uros would learn soon. But would any of them suffer in the learning?
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