"My lord, as soon as I arrived in the Marquisate of Haiyuan, I followed protocol and went to pay my respects to the Marquis of Haiyuan. But after waiting three days, I still had not seen him.
"I felt that dragging this out was no solution, so I revealed my identity and stated that, according to the Great Zhou Law, the Heavenly Patrol Division would take over the Ancient Teleportation Array in Haiyuan City.
"By the time I reached the Ancient Teleportation Array in Haiyuan City, ten thousand troops had already been deployed there. The one who came forward was Wu Chong, the Right General of the Marquisate of Haiyuan. He said they had not received orders from above and could not hand it over. I exhausted every argument I had, but they simply dug in and refused to yield the Ancient Teleportation Array.
"In the end, I could only try to force them to back down through the Heavenly Patrol Division's hardline stance. Unexpectedly, they were even more hardline than we were. After they deliberately provoked us, a small-scale clash erupted, and more than five hundred brothers were...
"I am ashamed, my lord. It was my incompetence that caused you to lose face."
As they walked, Liu Feng explained the whole course of events to Ye Zhen.
What sort of person was Ye Zhen? From Liu Feng's scant few words, he had already grasped the full picture.
Wherever the Heavenly Patrol Division went, did they not inspire awe on all sides?
Yet the Marquis of Haiyuan had avoided meeting them, then stationed heavy troops around the Ancient Teleportation Array. Clearly, this was meant to deal with their Second Route Wind Patrol Office.
Put bluntly, the Marquisate of Haiyuan had planned this all along. They did not want to surrender