Everyone chased after him, but Li Xuancang quickly shook them off, and they lost his trail.
"Damn it, search for him!"
Still unwilling to give up, they searched everywhere. Even if they had to dig three feet into the ground, they would find Li Xuancang.
After shaking off his pursuers, Li Xuancang swiftly returned to the city through the secret passage.
The city was in chaos. The Cloud Prefecture Army had already stormed inside, and the common people fled for their lives.
"Run! Those beasts are here to kill us!"
"Everyone, run!"
"Father, Mother, don't leave me behind!"
"..."
The once-prosperous Peace Prefecture City was filled with wails of misery, turned into a living hell.
Li Xuancang had no time to care about anyone else and hurried to the military camp.
"Lord Du, we can't hold them back anymore. We need to leave!"
Li Xuancang found Du Tianfeng and intended to take him and his family away.
Du Tianfeng's body trembled slightly, as though every bit of strength had been drained from him.
"Xuancang, can we truly not hold them back?"
Du Tianfeng did not want to flee. Once they left, all of Peace Prefecture would fall.
"Lord Du, there is no turning the tide now. If we do not leave, it will be too late."
Li Xuancang urged him anxiously. If Du Tianfeng refused to leave, he would take his family and go alone.
"Sigh!"
With that sigh, Du Tianfeng seemed to age many years in an instant.
"Fine, let's go!"
At this point, staying behind meant certain death. Du Tianfeng had no other choice.
"Bring the Prefectural Governor and the others with us."
When the Cloud Prefecture Army had entered the city, Liu Qingyuan had brought Peace Prefecture's high-ranking officials and their families to the military camp to