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"The Imperial Court has already lost No one is left to protect us"

"Children, husband, hurry!"

……

Panicked civilians packed the road, fleeing with their faer a secret that the 180,000 Annan Protectorate elites had lost Some merchants had learned of the news early on and fled the southwest

And once people began to flee, nothing could be kept secret

Although the situation on the southern end of the southwest territory had still not beenthe north were clearly already beginning to flee

"This situation… isn't good!"

Upon seeing these fleeing civilians, Wang Chong raised his head and gave a long sigh

"Wei Anfang, stay here I'll give you a hundred people Have people stand guard on thethese people to safety and your second should be getting rid of any bandits or troubleeneration, the hearts of the people were of paramount ie part, this panicked tide of refugees would have a , who had lived in peace for centuries

In all its history, the Great Tang had never experienced this sort of mood of unease and anxiety, where a crisis see could do was attempt to shrink the i bowed and said, "Yes, Young Master Leave this task to ht on the battlefield The iven hie the supply line

By leaving hi would also reduce the effect the war had on the morale of the people

One hundred hired experts were quickly dispatched Although they weren't regular soldiers, the standardized ar behind Wei Anfang and one hundred hired experts, the army set off for the southern border

Dark clouds thickly carpeted the skies of the southwest, and the further south they went, the thicker the s es Even plumes of smoke from houses were few and far between A bleak and somber air had blanketed the world

Creee!

A sharp cry resounded through the sky, grabbing the attention of the arle in the sky It eaving through the air, drawing all sorts of shapes It alternated between fast and slow and would occasionally cry out as if following so asked without turning his head

These eagles and birds were all trained by Old Eagle, and only he knew the e nule's expression was even graver than Wang Chong's The speed at which his birds flew represented the gravity of the situation while the nule he had trained had already ht circles, and it still hadn't finished

Old Eagle looked up at that gigantic eagle in the sky and translated the 'eagle language' "The enemies closest to us are about one hundred li from us As for their nunificant number of enemies nearby

"In addition, there are also people fro's heart to tighten and the surrounding atmosphere to tense up

In all their days of rapid advance, this was the first ti to confront the eneht alone before, but as for battles… this would be a first-tiht betarriors were two cos!

Even the most fore of cavalry, dead to the tra of hooves or at the sharp end of a spear

On the battlefield, one person's valor was extreh his yi's reinforce distance between his current location and Erhai on the borders of the Great Tang and Mengshe Zhao It was i's 180,000 elites to appear here

The only possibility was the aryi that had been ambushed midway

"All troops, heedunsheathed his Wootz Steel sword The sword pointed toward the sky, exuding its cold light, and the arhed and dust stirred The entire aran to swiftly proceed toward those enemies one hundred li away…