The warfare in Jiangnan fluctuates dramatically, making Zhao Shen, miles away in China, feel eager to immediately fly to Jiangnan and get involved.
But Zhao Hanzhang did not let him go.
He brought it up twice, and Zhao Hanzhang did not agree both times, so Zhao Shen restrained his feelings, for he must save the third opportunity for when Zhao Hanzhang deemed it appropriate.
He needed military achievements to secure his position as Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, a fact both he and Zhao Hanzhang understood clearly.
Suppressing his desire for success, Zhao Shen's excited mind began to race, grasping the key point, he asked Zhao Hanzhang: "I've heard of Wang Dun, heard that he is broad-minded and decisive. How are you sure he will stop the war in Jingzhou when it ceases, rather than decisively taking Jingzhou?"
