"Fourth, if you dare fire, I'll never acknowledge you as my son again!"
"Wu Laosan, think of your dead brother, think of how we've survived all these years. If you dare fire, don't ever call me Mother again!"
"Ping'an'er, don't become an accomplice to that corrupt Chen Family bastard! Those on the other side are your comrades!"
Just as the Phoenix Spirit Guards behind Chen Jiawei were being swayed by the shouting and slowly, slowly lowering the crossbows in their hands, impassioned voices suddenly rang out one after another from among the Phoenix Spirit Race members who had retreated earlier.
Some of them had gone through similar experiences themselves. Inspired by the Seventh Guard Second Brigade, they actually began helping of their own accord.
With this roar, many Phoenix Spirit Guards of the Fifth Guard holding crossbows lowered their repeating crossbows one after another.
Influenced by this, a great many Phoenix Spirit Guards began lowering their repeating crossbows as well.
Seeing this, Chen Jiawei became frantic. "What are you trying to do? Defy military orders?"
"We are carrying out military orders! Raise those repeating crossbows!"
Chen Jiawei had not expected things to develop like this.
Fortunately, under his repeated shouts of rebuke, quite a few Phoenix Spirit Guards raised their repeating crossbows again. Even so, half of the Phoenix Spirit Guards still lowered them.
Even more Phoenix Spirit Guards were at a complete loss.
They had no idea what to do.
Just as the Phoenix Spirit Guards across from them had said, some of them might die in battle too.
What if their death benefits were withheld after they died?
They were comrades!
An inexplicable anger and sympathy welled up in the hearts of these Phoenix Spirit Guards.
Just as Chen Jiawei was both shocked and enraged, the Phoenix