Miura nodded: "Yes! Murata and the others are far too foolish!"

Ito Junji narrowed his eyes slightly and said:

"But no matter what, we must remember one thing: our common goal is to take over all the land in Dagang!"

"Therefore, once we get to the front lines, we must not clash with Murata and the others. We cannot afford to fall out and fight among ourselves; that would be the stupidest thing to do."

“Miura, you need to rein in your temper and not be too hostile towards Murata. We can settle things with them slowly after we take over Daikan.”

"Yes, General!"

Ito Junyoshi stood up and said in a resounding voice:

"Alright! We've rested enough!"

"We should keep moving! We need to get to the front lines as soon as possible; there are still vast tracts of land waiting for us to take!"

——

Several days later.

"What?! Tanwan City, they've taken it so quickly???"

"It's only been a few days? How could they have captured Tanwan City so quickly?"

"Although Tanwan City is not as good as Linbin City, and we haven't deployed too many troops there, it shouldn't fall in just one or two days, right?"

Murata looked at the messenger in front of him with disbelief.

The messenger, pale-faced, continued:

"General, not two days after you left, the enemy attacked. They used extremely powerful weapons to besiege the city, and it was impossible to hold it."

"If we hadn't been on the way to deliver the message and hadn't stopped guarding the city wall, we probably would have died there too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Tianwei asked:

How did they besiege the city?

The soldier began to recount his story. As he spoke, Murata's face gradually turned pale, and Huang Tianwei's expression finally became uneasy, with sweat beading on his temples.

——

Nanze.

Inside the simply renovated old palace, Jin Fengluan paced back and forth with a cold expression, her crown swaying precariously as if it were about to fall off.

The next moment, she gripped the crown with one hand and couldn't help but let out an angry rebuke:

"This traitor! He actually had the audacity to ascend the throne and declare himself emperor?"

"What merit does he possess?!"

His Highness and the others looked at each other, and all lowered their heads.