For Emperor Taizu of Sheng, leading the imperial campaign personally was a situation like this: it was too important to entrust to other generals.
If this battle was won beautifully, it could directly disperse the Northern Barbarians, ensuring peace for the Great Sheng Dynasty at the Northern Border for at least several decades; if this battle was lost, the Great Sheng Dynasty might very well be unable to recover for decades, potentially triggering a series of serious chain reactions.
Zhao Haiping had already witnessed the situation of sending generals to fight.
That Duke from Qii, so perfect in military achievements, had utterly doomed him.
Of course, this didn't mean that Duke Qiu Yuan was completely incompetent. His military achievements were genuinely earned; he truly grew up from the lowest ranks alongside Emperor Taizu of Sheng.
