It was as if they had been prepared to surrender long ago. Li Jue and Guo Si still knew their own limits. After seeing the envoy sent back, they completely abandoned hope. Once their final sliver of hope had been snuffed out, the two men's minds collapsed, and they prepared to follow Han Sui down a road of no return.
"We definitely can't stay in Chang'an anymore. Han Sui isn't a good man either. We brothers absolutely can't waste our troops here in Chang'an fighting that fellow Wang to a stalemate, only to let Han Sui benefit for nothing. Withdraw immediately and go to Liangzhou." Guo Si's expression was gloomy.
"That plan from Han Wen Yue is vicious. Once we carry it out, you and I will never be able to turn back. Not to mention surrendering—we won't even have any hope of returning to the Central Plains!" A trace of reluctance flashed across Li Jue's face.
"Hmph, do you think there's still any chance of turning back now? The ancestral graves of the Guanzhong clans have all been dug up by the two of us, and we didn't even spare the ancient imperial tombs of the Western Han. Looking back now, it seems we were led down this path by someone else. We were merely blinded before and failed to notice it. I curse whoever came up with that idea to die horribly and have children without an anus!" Guo Si could not help cursing violently whenever he brought this up.
"Cao Cao has dug up other people's tombs too." Li Jue was still somewhat unwilling to accept it. Compared with the prosperous Central Plains, Liangzhou was nothing but a barren wasteland.
"How can that be the same? That was Cao Cao!" Guo Si roared, exasperated by Li Jue's