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

"Xu~~"

Shi Jian tightened the reins and looked up at the city gate tower with a frown.

"Go explore the way first."

The clothes worn by the guards on the city gate tower were a bit too thick, unlike those of his soldiers.

The harvest was bad this year, and the imperial court did not give new cotton clothes to the soldiers.

Wang Dadao's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Shi Jian in disbelief.

He was only thinking about the general, but the general sacrificed him first when something happened.

Aren’t there still six guards? Why don’t you ask them to go?

Wang Dadao sighed inwardly. No matter how much he tried to please General Shi, he could never win his heart.

That's it!

King Zhenbei didn't look like the kind of person who would kill someone over a disagreement.

“.....Yes!” Wang Dadao bowed and lowered his eyes in response, a hint of self-mockery flashed across his lips.

"drive!!"

Wang Dadao pinched the horse's belly, shouted loudly and ran towards the city gate.

"stop!!"

When Wang Dadao was less than 20 meters away from the city gate, a row of crossbows were aimed at him from the city gate tower. A leading guard shouted at Wang Dadao with a cold face,

"If you move one more step forward, I'll shoot you immediately!!"

"No, no, no!"

Wang Dadao quickly grabbed the reins, raised his hand and shouted, "Don't shoot, it's our own people!"

The leading garrison officer looked Wang Dadao up and down and sneered.

"I remember you, you are Shi Jian's man!"

A few days ago, when he was guarding the city gate of Chiyan City, he caught this sneaky man.

He caught such a local spy in so many days, so he was naturally very familiar with him.

Wang Dadao paused as he pulled the reins, and pursed his lips as he looked at the leading garrison.

"Haha, you followed the Wu Ma family to build an empire, but in fact, it's you who have to suffer in the end."

The leading defender sneered, "Who says he is your own man? Let Shi Jian come and die!"

There is really no harm without comparison. The soldiers of Huanlian City had a miserable life under Shi Jian.

They all felt a little bit sorry for what they saw.

Each of them is even more miserable than when they followed General Cong to guard Crescent City.

More than 200,000 soldiers, nearly 300,000 in number, were almost all starved to the point of being skin and bones.

Those war horses were even more pitiful, they were so thin that only skeletons were left.

Who would dare to believe that in a military camp of nearly 300,000 soldiers, the total number of war horses that can run is less than 500.

Wang Dadao frowned at the arrogant leader of the guards.

"Go tell King Zhenbei that all the direct descendants of the Wu Ma family in the imperial city are already in the palace."

"Whether or not those people are to be kept alive depends on how the King of Zhenbei decides."

The leading defender looked at Wang Dadao with a sharp gaze, filled with disbelief.

What is this person saying? Why can't he understand?

The direct descendants of the Wu Ma family went to the palace. The empress can protect them if she wants. It has nothing to do with King Zhenbei.

"Whether he lives or not, what does it have to do with King Zhenbei? Hurry up and let Shi Jian come here to die!!"

Wang Dadao was stunned and looked at the leading defender in disbelief.

Then he thought that the city gate guards might not have access to such secret military information, and he felt relieved.

"I advise you to tell this to King Zhenbei, otherwise if something really happens, you won't have enough heads to chop off."

"We have the Wu Ma family's token in our hands, and King Zhenbei will know once he sees it."

The leading defender looked at Wang Dadao's confident look and couldn't help feeling puzzled.

After a pause, the leading garrison officer said to the soldiers around him,

"Go and report this to the prince immediately!"

Wang Dadao watched the leading garrison officer obediently send someone to report, and his heart finally settled down.

Now we just have to wait for the King of Zhenbei to have some reservations after hearing the news, and then take the initiative to propose peace and withdraw troops.

Thinking that the messenger would not be back for a while, Wang Dadao shouted to the leading defenders,

"The general and I are waiting in front. If the King of Zhenbei comes, you can call him."

Wang Dadao glanced at the sharp crossbow arrows on the city gate tower, but he didn't dare to wait at the city gate.

If someone's hand shook and the crossbow arrow shot towards him, he would be on his knees.

The leading defender watched Wang Dadao run away expressionlessly and went to meet up with a group of people hiding on a hill far away, sneering in his heart.

I'm quite afraid of death.

He had long seen Wang Dadao and his group rushing towards him from the official road.

I originally planned to wait for them to get closer and then shoot them all off their horses, but these people hid behind a hill and didn't come over.

Wang Dadao ran all the way to the back of the hill where Shi Jian and his companions were hiding before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Who wouldn't be scared with so many crossbowmen staring at their backs?

Shi Jian looked at Wang Dadao who had hurried back and asked in a deep voice, "How is it!?"

Wang Dadao quickly jumped off his horse and bowed,

"Reporting to the general, Huanlian City has been occupied by the King of Zhenbei."

"...Damn it!!" Shi Jian gritted his teeth and cursed.

Although he had guessed that Huanlian City had been occupied, he still couldn't help feeling angry when he heard it.

The 300,000 defenders of Huanlian City did not even hold out for a single day before being occupied by the enemy.

This bunch of rubbish, even if they were blocked by human flesh, could at least hold out for two or three days.

Wang Dadao looked at the extremely angry Shi Jian in panic and said in a trembling voice,

"I have already told the enemy that the direct line of the Wu Ma family is in the hands of Your Majesty. They have already notified the King of Zhenbei. I think the King of Zhenbei will be here soon."

Shi Jian frowned and took out the token from the direct descendant of the Wu Ma family from his arms.

"Take it and show it to King Zhenbei when he comes."

Shi Jian looked at Wang Dadao and put the token in his hand.

Just when Wang Dadao rushed to the city gate, he saw with his own eyes dense crossbow arrows appearing from the gate tower.

The arrow looked extremely sharp, so it was better for him not to go over there.

The people of the Wu Ma family never take other people's lives seriously. If he goes there and angers King Zhenbei, he won't be able to escape even if he wants to.

With so many crossbow arrows, they could turn him into a hornet's nest.

If he had hostages from the Wu Ma family, he would dare to go to the city gate to negotiate with King Zhenbei, but he only had a token in his hand.

The Wu Ma family knew that their legitimate sons were all in His Majesty's hands, so they might as well kill him first to vent their anger.

Wang Dadao's face changed. Looking at the token in his hand, he wished he could throw it eight hundred meters away.

Why! !

Why does he always do such dangerous things?

Isn’t his life a life?

How dare he take the token of the Wu Ma family's direct descendant?

This token was like a hot potato in his hand, and he didn't want to take it at all.

He could imagine that the moment he raised the token, the crossbow arrows would shoot towards him.

In the eyes of the Wu Ma family, it was a great disrespect for a person of such humble status as him to dare to touch the token of the Wu Ma family.

The people of the Wu Ma family went crazy and were determined to raze his entire family to the ground.