"If we don't withdraw now, it'll be too late!"
Jia Xu had just said that Xiaoguan had fallen two days ago. Ma Chao's troops would reach Chang'an City before long!
There was still time to evacuate now!
"Withdraw?"
Jia Xu sounded as though he had heard something amusing. "Do you intend to hand Chang'an City over to rebels and foreign tribes, exposing His Majesty's back to the enemy's blades?"
At these words, Cui Yan, Fu Wan, and Dong Zhong all froze.
Yang Biao, meanwhile, sighed.
Age brought a fox's cunning. The moment he heard the news, he understood why Jia Xu had sealed off Chang'an City.
Chang'an City could not be lost.
Jia Xu had suppressed the news to bind them all together and deny them any chance to evacuate!
Cui Yan and the others now grasped his intentions and plans as well, and every face turned grim.
Had they learned of this sooner, they would have had time to evacuate. Even if they themselves stayed, they could have sent their clansmen and children out of Chang'an City.
But now that was utterly impossible.
They could only live or die with Chang'an City!
Many turned furious eyes on Jia Xu, grinding their teeth with hatred, wanting nothing more than to rush forward and devour him alive.
That vicious fat man!
Jia Xu ignored their gazes and said calmly, "I have told you the truth. We now have no way back."
"Whether for your own families, for the Great Han, or for His Majesty, Chang'an City must not fall."
"But you need not worry too much. I have already sent word to His Majesty. As long as we hold Chang'an, His Majesty will return with reinforcements within a month at most. Then the siege will be lifted, and all of you