Woods bowed his head and said no more.
Colonel Gaisa suddenly chuckled coldly.
"This kid may have really pulled off a divide-and-conquer strategy," he remarked with some emotion.
"Divide and conquer? Isn't he afraid that once his troops scatter, he'll never be able to gather them again?"
"If he dares to do so, he must be relying on something." Colonel Gaisa laughed heartily as he stroked his palms. "Young man, truly remarkable!"
Captain Hudson and the other centurions in the tent felt their faces grow hot.
The colonel's praise for the enemy was like a knife cut, more painful for the Mont Blanc County officers than being whipped.
Someone, unconvinced, interjected: "I still don't think the rebels can manage to divide and conquer."
"Why not?" Colonel Gaisa asked his subordinate calmly. "If I had you lead your own troops independently, would you be able to do it? Could you?"
"Yes!" the centurions answered in unison.
"Then why can't the rebels?" asked the colonel with a smile.