I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

Shi Jian pulled the corners of his lips and wanted to roll his eyes speechlessly.

As the ruler of a country, he is so afraid of the Wu Ma family. No wonder the Wu Ma family does not take the empress seriously.

However, what the empress said made sense. He really couldn't lead the people of the Wu Ma family by using a tough approach.

"Yes."

Shi Jian bowed and responded, looking at the empress.

"I think it would be more appropriate to ask the lady-in-waiting of Your Majesty to invite the Wu Ma family."

"I will lead the imperial guards to ambush in the main hall. Once the assassins of the Wu Ma family enter, we will capture them all."

"My dear minister, you are right." The empress thought for a moment and nodded, "My dear minister, you are right."

"Somebody come!"

The Empress shouted.

The female official guarding the door immediately pushed it open and walked in, "Your Majesty!"

"Immediately take people to invite all the direct descendants of the Wu Ma family into the palace. I want to have dinner with them!"

"Yes!"

After the female official left, Shi Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With the hostage in hand, he didn't have to worry so much.

The empress was also feeling uneasy, and after the female official left, she immediately summoned all the secret guards in the palace to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Only after seeing the secret guards standing in every corner and on the beams of the Hall of Supreme Harmony did he feel a little safer.

Shi Jian, with hundreds of imperial guards, hid in the courtyard of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, nervously waiting for the arrival of the Wu Ma family.

.......

Fantasy Lotus City....

"No~~Oh no, the enemy is coming!!"

"The enemy is attacking, quickly notify the general!!"

The guards at the city gate were trembling with fear as they watched the endless enemy troops coming from afar.

When the defenders heard the shouting, they ran to the city gate tower and looked at the official road.

As the enemy army approached, the defenders on the city wall felt unprecedented pressure.

"What...what should I do? Why did he suddenly come to kill me?"

"Yes, didn't the envoy just enter the city?"

"Did the talks break down?"

"This is how to do?"

"What are you all standing there for? Go and inform the general!!!"

"......"

The defenders gripped their spears tightly, staring intently at the enemies that were coming in like a tide. The air was filled with a tense atmosphere.

As soon as the envoy entered the city, the enemy army attacked.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like the envoy is leading the enemy.

The envoy is now running towards the south gate. What should the defenders do?

There are only 5,000 soldiers stationed at the city gate tower, which is not even the same size as the enemy.

Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, several defenders rode their horses and galloped towards the military camp.

"Everyone, get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, urgent military information!!!"

"Everyone scatter, urgent military information!!"

"The enemy is coming, get out of the way!!"

The defenders ran and shouted all the way, and almost bumped into civilians on the road several times.

The people who were originally wandering the streets looking for food, when they heard that the enemy was coming, dragged their weak legs back home.

If they don't run now, they won't have the strength to escape when the enemy comes.

The envoy who was on his way heard the hurried sound of horse hooves behind him and looked back in panic.

"What did you hear!!?"

The guard behind the envoy frowned and said, "Sir, it seems that the enemy is coming."

".....Not a moral code!!!" The envoy was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to squeeze out these few words from between his teeth.

How could someone come and kill us right after the negotiation? It doesn't look like they want to have a good negotiation at all.

If the conditions haven't been agreed upon, we can talk about it slowly. How can we start fighting without saying anything?

Just when the envoy was extremely angry, several guards rode past him quickly on horseback.

The envoy's heart skipped a beat and he patted his horse's butt.

"Quick, hurry back to the Imperial City!!"

The enemy had no intention of making peace, so he had to hurry back to report to the empress.

If he is a step slower, the situation in Xiliang Kingdom might change. After all, the empress still thinks he is negotiating peace.

The envoy's horse followed closely behind the defenders' galloping horses, and its speed was much faster.

The people walking on the streets also ran away cleanly as the defenders shouted all the way.

The defenders ran all the way to the camp, and shouts of panic spread throughout the camp.

The half-starved soldiers in the barracks stood up with horror on their faces.

The enemy is coming, but the general hasn't come back yet, what should we do? ! ?

The soldiers' eyes were all focused on the lieutenants.

In a military camp of nearly 20 soldiers, there are deputy generals.

Shi Jian would not allow anyone other than himself to hold a large amount of military power, so Shi Jian was the only one who had the final say in the entire military camp.

These deputy generals only led the soldiers to train like the captains and had no power to mobilize troops.

The key point is that when Shi Jian left, he didn't say who would take over the army.

The deputy generals looked at each other, and no one dared to speak first.

The defenders looked at the silent crowd, stunned for a moment, and shouted anxiously,

"Hurry up and report to the general, the enemy is coming and will soon reach the city gate!"

It’s time to prepare for war. It’s time to prepare for war. Should we fight this war or not?

The silent lieutenants confused the defenders.

One of the deputy generals glanced at the defenders and said, "The general has not returned from Lingxiao City yet."

"......Then..." The defenders were dumbfounded, "Are we still going to fight?"

The lieutenants turned around to look at the soldiers around them whose legs were weak from hunger, and sighed heavily.

The soldiers had not had anything to eat for several days. If some war horses had not starved to death in the barracks, which barely kept the soldiers going for a while, there would probably be no soldiers left standing by now.

The defenders followed the direction the lieutenants were looking and saw soldiers with pale lips, skinny bodies, and trembling from hunger.

The defenders at the city gates were only slightly better than the soldiers in the barracks.

In fact, they now find it very difficult to even pick up a spear, let alone fight.

The enemy looked well-fed and full of energy. If a fight broke out, they would have no chance of winning.

The deputy generals looked at each other and frowned tightly.

A deputy general with scars all over his face shouted in a hoarse voice,

"Let's go, call all the brothers who can move in the barracks, and go to the city gate to resist the enemy."

Someone took the lead, and the other lieutenants followed suit.

The enemy army had blocked the city gate. If they really didn't go to fight, Shi Jian would come back and kill them all.

Now that we are all going together, Shi Jian can't punish everyone.

Besides, it was Scarface who started it all, so if anyone is to be punished, he should be punished first.

Soon, the deputy generals led fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and rushed towards the city gate in a mighty force.

At this time, Xiao Yunhao had already led the Heavenly God Army to block the city gate.