Her pretty face went pale. If they broke through to this point, the Brocade Sect members would immediately receive the signal and make their final desperate stand. With enemies attacking from within and without, Xia Kingdom would surely lose this battle.
Princess Dielian clenched her delicate fists until they cracked, staring unwillingly toward Heavenly Dragon Villa.
"Pass down my order: withdraw from Heavenly Dragon Villa. The main force will attack Yun Province War Office's hundred thousand troops."
Her eyes had turned red. She had been on the verge of avenging her eldest imperial brother, yet she was being forced to withdraw her troops.
But what could she do, no matter how unwilling she was? As the commander, she had to make the most precise decision.
Otherwise, far more than just she herself would die.
"Slaughter them. Slaughter those damned hundred thousand troops. Don't give them a single chance to live."
"But that man called Sikong Jing—I want him... captured alive."
The words were practically squeezed through her clenched teeth. She hated this commander named Sikong Jing to the bone.
On the streets of Yanyun City, Sikong Jing advanced while staring grimly in the direction of Heavenly Dragon Villa.
At that moment, one powerful aura after another shot out from within Heavenly Dragon Villa.
Sikong Jing quietly let out a breath. It seemed he had made it in time, forcing Xia Kingdom to withdraw from Heavenly Dragon Villa to face him.
"All troops, listen up."
Seeing this, Sikong Jing's voice rang through the entire army. "Slow your charge. Be ready to withdraw from the city at any time."
"Ah?"
The officers and soldiers, who had been charging with great momentum, could not help voicing their confusion.
Several scouts leading the way asked even more baffledly, "General Sikong, why are we