"The situation had actually deteriorated to this extent!" Cao Yiyan's expression darkened.
It was not merely that so many had been killed and wounded; nearly all their strongholds in the Capital City had been swept away in one net!
These were hidden moves Great Wei had planted by drawing on the lingering fortune of centuries of rule. Pulling them out had been easy, but rebuilding them would be nearly impossible in a short time!
After all, winning people's hearts was hard, while ruining them was all too easy.
False Zheng had stood for nearly forty years. Fewer and fewer people in the Capital City still leaned toward Great Wei. To the Kingdom of Ying, this was truly a crushing blow!
Most importantly, he was still trapped within the Capital City, unable to break out.
With so many people injured, even though this place had quite a store of medicine and food, merely keeping them fed and tended still made one's heart pound with unease.
The crackling rain only made everyone more agitated.
Some endured their anxiety like trapped beasts, while others kept listening for movement outside. Although two men stood hidden at the outermost perimeter, both to guide arriving companions in and to guard against a sudden raid by the authorities, no one could truly rest easy.
Someone suddenly asked, "My lord, is this place An-safe?"
Cao Yiyan glanced over. He could hear the man's suspicion, even challenge, in those words. He was now the King of Ying, but he had not told the intelligence personnel here, lest the news leak. After all, when merely deploying men, the token and identity of an "Envoy of Ying" were enough.
Very few people knew his true identity. Strictly speaking, only Liu Danai and Zhong Cui knew, which was why the people here