Until nightfall, Piltover's armaments made no further moves.

It was supposed to be a tentative attack, but I didn't expect Rhodes to come up directly and magnify the move - what's even more terrifying is that from Mrs. Piltworth's point of view, this is not a big move at all, and Rhodes's performance is at ease.

This almost declared Piltover's regular offense largely ineffective.

A conventional attack first requires the Picheng Armament to reach Zaun, but Zaun is a place full of cliffs, and if you want to rappel, you will be targeted—and with the presence of Cana, it is completely impossible to sneak down.

As for saying "rappelling at a certain cost" – that's not going to happen at all.

Because Piltover is a city-state, not a state!

The size of the city-state was too small for Phi Cheng to sustain too much damage - even the hundreds of military personnel lost this afternoon put the Supreme Council of Pi Cheng under a lot of pressure!

Why did Noxus' rise strategy go so smoothly in the first place?

Because the Noxians were ruthless enough - they sent their troops to conquer all the city-states, and without any initial advantage, they were simply trading their lives for their lives.

A city-state has millions of people in the larger ones and only a few hundred thousand in the smaller ones - and Noxus will start out under the walls of a city-state, and tens of thousands of soldiers will die without flinching.

This meant that the city-states attacked by the Noxians had to suffer tens of thousands of casualties even if they occupied a favorable position.

That often means that the entire city-state is one in ten adult males.

As a result, the collapsed city-state had to surrender to Noxus.

In the early days of the war, Noxus was full of widows - but instead of flinching from being cruel to people, and even more ruthless to themselves, Noxus began to form an army of women......

It is with this ruthlessness that Noxus has been able to go from an ordinary city-state to the present and become a military giant that can compete with Demacia!

In Rhodes' view, this is the sorrow of a small country.

In a previous life in Azeroth, in the face of the attack of the orcs, there was a country called Alterac that betrayed the Alliance.

Is the king of Alterac stupid?

No, it's that Alterac is too small.

The kingdom of Stormwind is huge, and even if the orcs occupy the Red Ridge Mountain, the Elwyn Forest, and the Cursed Lands, those who want to resist can still go to the Western Wilderness and go to the Twilight Forest.

In the same way, Lordaeron can rely on its vast territory as a strategic buffer and then look for opportunities.

But Alterac is different, if Alterac Valley is occupied, the country will be completely finished.

Large and small countries are not the same.

And the city-states are much worse than small countries in terms of strategic depth and war potential.

Although Rhodes did not regain his strength, nor did he have a handy staff and equipment, he could still do it if he wanted to hurt a city-state - even if this city-state was the capital of evolution, Piltover.

……………………

While Rod and Ike began to take in the captives with the Zuan Self-Defense Forces, the Leather City Supreme Council was still arguing - although Jagu was adamant about using unconventional weapons, this time, the other twelve of the thirteen councillors disagreed.

Piltover's unconventional weapon is the Hex's Source Weapon, a terrifying weapon that simply uses the Annihilation Hex Crystal as an energy source - once the Source Weapon is activated, a large amount of land within the weapon's range will be directly semicrystallized.

The most lethal thing is that in a place like Zu'an, where the underground is rich in crystal ore, the use of source energy weapons is likely to cause irreversible chain consequences.

That means that Piltover will completely lose this nearby supply point of crystal ore, and if they want crystal ore in the future, they will have to go to the desert of Shurima to eat sand.

Unacceptable.

In the eyes of the vast majority of the commissioners, this is not a life-and-death war, and Zaun and Piltover are in a relationship of mutual benefit and division - only Jagu is now riding a tiger.

If he compromises with Zaun now, there is no doubt that Jagu will be the scapegoat – because he is the one who has come up with a radical strategy.

Looking at the other committee members who shook their heads at him, looking disappointed, looking at the head of the Kewald family who unabashedly despised him, Jagu gritted his teeth.

"Don't forget, anti-Hex magic!" Jagu stood up and said word for word, "When that technology spreads, Piltover will be swept straight into the dustbin of history!" Without the advantages of Hextech, we have nothing! ”

Hongguoguo's words made everyone in the audience frown—but that's all, the rest of the twelve people were unmoved.

"You're dying a slow death!"

"If we don't get an absolute advantage in the face of Zu An, we will only be in peace, and they will slowly surpass us!"

"Do you know Zaun? I understand! Zaun is a truly vibrant city, and if Zaun had its own order, Piltover would have been left far behind! ”

"Zaunko doesn't have a trade alliance to restrict the trade of free traders, and there is no special committee of the Academic Council to give you academic protection - such a city is like a blank slate, once it gets its own opportunity, it is not too easy to rise!"

"And you, you're still hesitating!"

Compared with the other twelve members of the Supreme Council, Jagu did see farther - he saw the opportunity for Zu'an to take off in the future, and he saw this opportunity that belonged to Zu'an.

If it weren't for the Noxians getting sick to attack Ionia, Zaun might have faced pressure from Noxus - but now they didn't need to think about it.

If it weren't for Zaun's alchemy baron, it would have been hard for Zaun to truly unite – but now, their alliance is unbreakable.

A city like a blank sheet of paper, a god who guards the city, a leader with skills and abilities, and an opportunity to take off.

Now, these are all together, and if Piltover does not stop it, the rise of Zaun is inevitable.

Jagu saw through this—but he couldn't convince the Supreme Council.

Not everyone is as clear as Jagu, and not everyone is as sure as Jagu.

In the opinion of the Supreme Council, even if the two sides were to make peace, Picheng would be able to take advantage of the existing advantages and take the initiative.

(Actually, they really guessed this correctly, if the two sides really made peace...... It's hard for Rhodes to stay in Zaun forever, and it's likely that the Twin Cities will continue to be centered around Piltover. ）

But in Jagu's view, with that Rhodes here, the group of politicians on his side is not an opponent at all.

(Jagu wasn't wrong — Rod is also good at overtaking in corners.) ）

The meeting ended unhappily.