Chu Yao said, "It's nothing serious."
That was what the intelligence from Shang Nan said.
But judging from the battle losses, that "nothing serious" deserved a question mark. Duke Luan Yi had always been the sort to report good news and not bad, reserved and patient. Unless his life was in danger, he probably wouldn't report the truth. Chu Yao's words eased Shen Tang's worries. She skimmed through the report and said, "As long as he's all right, that's good. I was worried that old crow Wei Lou's words would come true..."
When Shen Tang saw some of the figures in the report, she jerked her head up.
"Are you sure he's really all right?"
Shen Tang recalled the defenses at Shang Nan.
The walls of the second inner city had fallen. How was that any different from having a knife plunged into its heart? A great many ordinary people lived in the second inner city, where countless homes and buildings stood. To Martial Gall Warriors, those structures were even more fragile than paper.
Chu Yao knew what she was worried about.
"The battle dragged on for quite some time. Before the second inner city fell, most of the commoners had already been evacuated. As long as the people are safe, the damaged buildings can be rebuilt sooner or later." In this world, where martial might had exploded to such heights, it was truly rare for a siege to drag on for so long. This also proved that old Wu Xian had really gone all in at Shang Nan. It was a shame that his main forces had been utterly routed on the front lines; otherwise, Shang Nan might actually have become his breakthrough point.
Shen Tang read the report over and over, more than a dozen times.
Finally, with