Ma Lin really wished he could secure half a year's development time.
The Poison Smoke Army was enforcing a high-pressure rule in their occupied zone.
And our side was trying every means to infiltrate their ruling class. Now, the Poison Smoke Army was showing clear signs of losing popular support and faced the challenge of insufficient manpower, allowing us to attempt to place our own people within, as well as to try to bribe those officials and clerks who were inclined towards our side.
The Apricot Kernel Domain was rather populous.
Our militia had already made its way deep into the enemy-controlled area.
Ma Lin was keeping himself busy with two main tasks: one was to study and understand the Poison Smoke Army further, as his main forces were engaged in related technology development, testing, and drills; the other was to try to understand more about the social situation in the enemy-occupied area.
He had personally gone on reconnaissance missions in the enemy-occupied area.