Chapter 456: Start the War!

A general's control of a ten-thousand-strong army positioned near the Capital City was a terrifying prospect in any world.

Not to mention anything else, consider the simplest reason: what if this general lost his mind one day and suddenly attacked the Capital City? And what if luck was on his side, allowing him to breach and enter straight into the Imperial City, threatening the Emperor and causing chaos across the land?

It was only in a world like that of the cultivators, where individual martial power could dominate all living beings, that such a thing could occur. Otherwise, no Emperor, no matter how foolish, would allow an army out of his control to deploy near his own Capital City.

Not just the Emperor, but any general with a bit of sense would not do such a thing.

The reason was simple: if you harbored other intentions, you would first secure your own territory, stabilize your rear, and then think about expanding your realm before strategizing to capture the Capital City.