"How is it?" Mu Xiong asked calmly. But the fatigue in his eyes exposed the tension he felt at that mont.
The ssenger pressed his lips tightly, raised his head, and his reddened eyes were full of guilt and self-reproach. Facing Mu Xiong’s hopeful eyes, he angrily said, "Old General, they intend to drive us to death!"
"What happened exactly?" Mu Xiong’s eyes narrowed, and he hurriedly asked.
Surrounding him, the deputies dressed in Mu Family Army armor added their nervousness to the ssenger.
The ssenger’s lips trembled incessantly, and his chest pounded like a drum.
With his worn hands clasped tightly, he sobbed while facing Mu Xiong’s inquiry, "I was ordered to urge the army supplies, but all I received was word of no grain. Yet, I clearly saw within Han City that everyone was prosperous and grain was plentiful. Out of options, I turned to General Han Yu for help, but General Han Yu said his own military supply was insufficient, and without an imperial command, he dared not lend."
"What about Military Governor Han?" Mu Xiong asked sharply, his eyes already burning with a fierce fire.
Not only him, but the deputies beside him also wore fierce expressions, wishing they could raid other cities for grain.
"Military Governor Han?" The ssenger’s face showed even more anger: "I went to plead with him multiple tis, but he kept evading. Every ti he said he was preparing and told us to wait a few days, to hold on for a few days. Not believing him, I secretly followed him and found that he was indulging in pleasures daily, not preparing army supplies at all. I couldn’t bear it, went to him again, but was beaten twenty lashes and forced out."
"Bastard!"
"Beast!"
"That son of a bitch!"
The ssenger’s words nearly drove the deputies into a frenzy.
Mu Xiong’s face turned dark, his tight lips ford a line, and he said nothing.
"Old General, let’s send a ssage to Lady Lianrong! If we delay any longer, our fifty thousand soldiers will die here!" pleaded a deputy.
Mu Xiong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I sent ssages to Luodu a long ti ago, but have yet to receive a response. There’s nothing from the Emperor, and also nothing from Lianrong."
"What!"
"How could this happen!"
"Does this an Yi City has beco an isolated city?!"
The officers were shocked.
"Without military supplies, how can this battle be fought?" So had already started losing hope.
Mu Xiong took a deep breath, suppressing the rising fury in his chest, and said sharply with determined eyes, "We must fight! If we lose, how will the millions of civilians behind us fare? The Mu Family Army fights for nothing else, only for the people of Great Qin!"
Mu Xiong’s words silenced the officers.
In their hearts, there was reluctance and anger. But what else could they do? They were iron-willed n of the Mu Family Army, and how could they disregard the lives of the civilians behind them?
If Yi City falls, Qin Country’s northwest corner will have no city to stop the beasts. And if Yi City falls and the Mu Family Army is destroyed, Tu Country, always eyeing Qin Country, will seize the chance to invade.
’Your Majesty, why can’t you see through it? This old minister has never had disloyal intentions, yet you are still so suspicious?’ Mu Xiong silently raised his head, swallowing the hot tears into his heart.
Woo woo—!
The battle horn sounded again.
This urgent horn signaled yet another attack from the beast horde.
Mu Xiong’s heart stilled, he gathered his complex emotions, led the officers out of the room, and stood upon the smoke-covered city walls.
Roar—!
Roar roar—!
Howl—!
Howl howl—!
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