At this moment, the question of whether to "first repel foreign enemies" or "first secure the home front" was on the table, and there was still no consensus.
The Royal Family of the Jin Country could only be considered a powerful influence; they held no absolute right to rule or make decisions. Their situation was similar to that of Emperor Zhou, though slightly better. The power they personally wielded was no less than that of a Major Sect in the Song Country, but that was the extent of it.
...
News traveled too slowly.
Furthermore, the Song Country deliberately concealed information, so no word had leaked out at all.
It wasn't until after they achieved initial victories, when the matter could no longer be suppressed, that the news finally got out.
Suddenly, countless Cultivators in the Song Country were ecstatic.
