"Has the outcome already been decided?!"
Mentally drained and visibly exhausted, Yu Ziqi felt his powerful, handsome frame sag as he murmured as though in a dream.
After a pause, he gave a self-mocking smile and continued, "Of course! Unless something unexpected happened, how could a general of my meager ability ever halt Emperor Jian Shang's advance..."
"If you knew that, why persist in your delusion?! Was it worth it?"
Though Yu Ziqi spoke softly, everyone standing in silence heard him. Xiao Ying's lips twitched several times as he cursed inwardly, then shook his head and sighed with deep emotion.
"You may leave!"
Faced with the situation before him, Xiao Ying felt helpless, frustrated, and angry, but he did not truly resent Yu Ziqi.
If it had not been Yu Ziqi, it would have been another prominent minister of Great Chu, Military King Lian Cheng, or Grand General King Ying Bu.
Apart from his somewhat special status, Yu Ziqi had done nothing wrong, nor had he deliberately done anything out of the ordinary. Any prominent minister of Great Chu assigned to oversee Matsumoto Royal City would surely have enjoyed the utmost trust of Chu Emperor Xiang Yu and the Great Chu Dynasty. In the end, they would likewise have fought down to their last soldier-the only difference was whether they themselves would die!
"Hm?!"
As soon as Xiao Ying spoke, the aura of those surrounding the three or four thousand remaining Great Chu soldiers shifted. Many still glared at Yu Ziqi and his men with bloodshot eyes, as though they had heard nothing.
Only the Great Huan Forbidden Guard withdrew without hesitation, swiftly gathering around Huan Emperor Xiao Ying and forming ranks!
"Insolence!"
Seeing that the Great Huan Forbidden Guard had already withdrawn while the surrounding Yingzhou Army still refused