I don’t know how long it took, but when the ping-pong sound rang out, it was the sound of a sword falling from their hands, or perhaps the sound of a cup falling from their hands.
Pei Hu’s eyes were lost in thought and he stumbled and nearly fell from his seat, muttering in disbelief at what his ears were hearing, “What are you saying? The enemy …… army has broken …… through the city and entered?”
“How is this …… possible?”
“Yes, we …… are almost there with our reinforcements. That group of people, how dare they …… they!!!”
“No, no, no, absolutely impossible, this is absolutely impossible, they have long since withdrawn their troops before, how could ……”
A bunch of people one by one, their faces ashen, their eyes full of slow shock and fear.
“What, didn’t they say they were going to kill us earlier?”
“Yes, you all were boasting just now, a posture of the world I have, what? Now you’re all mute?”
A few scouts spoke up in time to taunt them.
“Didn’t someone just tell us not to panic when things go wrong? That’s funny, that’s funny, that’s really funny.”
“Haha, when it comes to other people, they talk about them like they are right, but when it’s their turn, they are so obsequious that they are like dogs.”
The spies vented their discontent, they had fought so hard to get information for them, but all they got in return was the gang’s foolish spending and merciless mockery.
How could they not be angry that they had to work so hard, but the people above them did nothing to humiliate them? The army had already broken through the city and they would die sooner or later, so they might as well vent their anger now, or at least die happily.
In the face of the scouts’ abuse and ridicule, the crowd was not as arrogant and domineering as usual, and there was not even a single person in the crowd who spoke back.
“My lord, what should we do, what should we do now?”
“Yes, 200,000 troops have killed the city, so we are like lambs to the slaughter now, let’s …… let’s find a way to escape.”
“Yes, my lord, run away now, maybe it’s not too late to come.”
Faced with this urging, Pei Hu also lost his previous kind of composure and was quite flustered for a while: “But, if we go …… away, what about the people in the city? What about …… those family members of the Pei family?”
“My lord, if you stay in the green hills, you are not afraid of not having wood to burn ah, let’s retreat.”
“Yes, my lord, how can the lives of those people be as valuable as yours, let’s retreat.”
They were anxious to persuade, but they had forgotten the vows and promises they had made to the people in the city during the day.
In their eyes, human lives were just weeds, to be used when needed and thrown away when not needed.
“Okay, flee, flee!”
Pei Hu came back to his senses and responded with a few words.
Immediately afterwards, a group of people, in a mess, fled in great disarray towards the outside of the attic.
The few scouts did not leave half a step, but simply looked at each other.
“This is our new family head, hahahahaha!”
“Out of the blue, it turns out, it’s just a straw bag.”
“Look at the way they are running away, do they look like dogs.”
The spies jeered while the high officials fled desperately, a scene that was full of irony.
“The Pei family is fleeing, the generals will seal any exit for me!”
When a group of people had just come out of the pavilion, Hei Yu’s army had already killed to the north of the city, looking at the Pei family who were fleeing in panic, the vanguard general at the head gave a fierce shout.
Looking at the Pei family fleeing in panic, the vanguard general gave a loud shout. At once, the army behind them quickly and neatly secured the northern gate of the city.
Pei Hu had just reached the halfway point of his escape, but he had to put the brakes on, causing the men behind him to chase after him in a series of trails, and he was in such a mess that it was unbearable.
However, Pei Hu could not care less and instinctively returned towards the city, not wanting to be caught.
With a wave of the vanguard general’s hand, the soldiers surrounding the northern part of the city narrowed their circle, almost leaving the entrance to the lower wall watertight and without a way out.
After that, the crowd dispersed and several men slowly came out from the rear ……