My Cultivation Starting from Archery-Chapter 321 - 159: Conquering Deng Feng, Stabilizing Lai State_5

"General!"

Song Hongbiao frowned, his voice hesitant as he spoke, "But if that were the case, wouldn’t it mean that the brothers inside the city would have no way out?"

"What do you mean?"

Deng Feng sensed something was off, "You’re not thinking of surrendering, are you? Haven’t I told you that in about five days, his Majesty will lead a large army to our rescue?"

"Really?"

Song Hongbiao mustered his courage and said, "General, just tell us the truth, will the reinforcements truly arrive in five days?"

In his eyes, with the Eight Prefectures already surrendered and the situation with the supplies being kept secret, under these circumstances, could the reinforcements... also be false?

After all, these pieces of intelligence had reached him only after the general had reviewed them.

"You, you don’t believe in me, your general?!"

Deng Feng argued adamantly, "Song Hongbiao, I ask you, while the Yong Yue Prefecture still stands, do you think his Majesty would abandon Lai State?!"

"But..."

Song Hongbiao expressed his worries, "Just now, the Sheng people said that Yong Yue Prefecture has also fallen!"

"Even you’ve been deceived?!"

Deng Feng cursed inwardly once more.

Chen was exceedingly despicable, exploiting the "fifteen-day" deadline, at this critical moment, no information could be verified!

It mattered not that Deng Feng had conviction and didn’t believe these lies.

Because others would believe them!

"Shameless, utterly shameless!!!"

Deng Feng had never felt such suffocating frustration.

The victory songs continued all around.

"The journey is slow, thirst and hunger in tow. My heart is filled with sorrow, unnoticed is my woe!"

All night long, the hesitant songs faintly echoed like a continuous drizzle, incessantly drenching the bodies and souls of the people.

Inside the city, the tens of thousands—especially the eight thousand defenders—felt their grief and sadness intensify with the passage of time; their will to fight was gone, only waiting for dawn and someone to come to their rescue.

The night was a blur.

Finally.

The stars shifted, the essence of day and night changed.

Dawn broke.

The bright jade that hung all night gradually fell, and a sun with a reddish halo, Tingtong, slowly rose, as tens of thousands climbed the city walls, craning their necks in anticipation of a "Qing" banner emerging in their sight.

However...

Not only was there no Qing Army banner in sight.

Instead, even more Dasheng Army banners appeared from all sides, vague and indistinct, the sheer number of men and horses unclear as they rapidly approached the city amidst swirling dust.

"General, where are the reinforcements?"

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"You promised there would be reinforcements?!"

"In fact, counting today, it’s already the sixteenth day!"

"The reinforcements haven’t arrived!"

"General, let’s surrender and leave the city!"

"It’s too late!"

"..."

Under everyone’s gaze.

Deng Feng stepped onto the high platform, his voice tinged with guilt, "Actually... the reinforcements will take another five days to arrive!"

"Another five days?!"

"..."

"Everybody, listen to me!"

Deng Feng raised his saber, "Previously, when I said fifteen days, it was to boost everyone’s morale, but this time it’s true, in no more than five days, his Majesty the Emperor will personally arrive at Green Ridge Mountain. By then, the Hu Ben Army and the Xuanjia Army outside the city will surely retreat!"

"General, if I may be so bold, you’ve said something similar last time."

"And the provisions..."

"General, you’ve already deceived us many times..."

"General, I’m afraid it’ll be another five days after these five days!"

"There are simply no reinforcements!"

"..."

"Not good, everyone, look quick!"

"The Sheng people are preparing to attack the city!"

"There’s only one pot of tea’s time left until the hour strikes!"

The celebratory singing outside the city halted abruptly, replaced by the earth-shattering beat of war drums, the grandeur of bugle calls, and the fluttering of military banners in the gale as ranks of troops were arrayed in formation.

Additionally, there were crash cars, cloud ladders, Fenwen Cars, and other large pieces of warfare machinery, each being pushed to the front!

"What do we do?!"

"If we don’t surrender now, it’ll be too late!"

"..."

"General! Since there are no reinforcements, let’s just surrender—"

"No surrendering, no surrendering!!! I swear to the heavens, the reinforcements will truly arrive in five days!"

Deng Feng roared with all his might, but no one was willing to listen anymore. After repeated lies were exposed, his credibility had greatly diminished, and any words he spoke appeared pale and powerless.

"General!"

"It’s bad!"

"The commander at the East City Gate just tried to open it!"

"Seeking death!"

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"Boom—"

Deng Feng, like a fierce tiger, dashed down the city wall on the walls, and at top speed reached the East City Gate, where he cleaved the commander to death. He had just put down his sword when he heard more reports from his subordinates.

"The commander at the South City Gate is setting fire to the gate!"

"Meet your death—"

Deng Feng repeated his previous actions, showing no mercy in his killing.

"General!"

"It’s bad"

"Thousand Captain Wang Lin’an..."

"And Thousand Captain Zhao..."

"This is terrible, a group of civilians, they..."

"..."

However, no matter what Deng Feng did, he couldn’t stop the behavior of the masses. He felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness, as if he were facing a landslide and tsunami. Even with a high level in the Martial Arts Realm, he was still just an ordinary person, incapable of stopping the force of nature!

This major force.

Had existed all along!

And it had been coming down from the Northern Territory, once momentarily stopped by his sole effort.

But at last, the overwhelming force proved unstoppable!

Under Chen’s step-by-step siege of the heart, the sun rising today became the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

From this point on!

The trend of surrendering spread like an unstoppable plague within the city.

Defending the city!

Was not a one-person affair.

Let’s not say he was at Great Perfection of the Profound Image Realm, even if he broke through to the Martial Saint Realm right away, what could he do when everywhere around was ready to surrender?

Could he possibly kill all one hundred thousand civilians in the city?

"Rumble—"

In the end, he was too exhausted to do anything, and the city gates to the south were blown open with a bang.