Muzha City.

By this time, the atrocities committed by Goguryeo were already widely known, and Yuchoutai himself climbed the city wall.

Looking at the corpse of the Fuyu woman left outside the city, and the thick smoke still rising in the distance, Wei Choutai was also filled with rage and his eyes were bloodshot.

Wei Choutai drew his long sword from his waist, then looked at the soldier beside him and said through gritted teeth:

"Soldiers, the Goguryeo people are fierce and cruel. They have killed my people, humiliated my wives and daughters, and destroyed my homes. Their actions are outrageous and infuriating. If we do not fight to the death, once the wooden fortress falls, the Buyeo Kingdom will cease to exist, and we will all die."

Would you want your home to be destroyed, your parents and young children to be killed, and your wife and daughters to be dishonored?

"No, no!!"

The surrounding Buyeo soldiers also raised their weapons with bloodshot eyes and roared.

Wei Choutai continued to shout loudly, "Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to fight to the death, defend Muzha City, and wait for the Han army to come to our aid so that we can avenge our grievances. I hope that you will all be of one mind with me and defend Muzha City."

"Fight to the death, to avenge our humiliation..."

The roars of the defending soldiers echoed throughout the entire wooden fortress, prompting the residents to come out of their homes.

While the people inside the city were terrified of the Goguryeo people's brutality, they also seemed to foresee their own fate. Almost without being mobilized, they spontaneously took up arms to help the garrison fortify the city walls and patrol and defend the city together.

"Hmph, these barbarians actually dare to resist!"

Seeing the increasingly tight guards on the city wall, Li Xiao, who had come to investigate, couldn't help but let out a cold snort, a cold glint flashing in his sinister eyes.

Back in the camp, Li Xiao summoned all the generals to his tent.

"Gentlemen, our army now has sufficient food and supplies. I intend to attack the city tomorrow, capture Buyeo before the end of the year, and then return to defend the country."

As Li Xiao finished speaking, the Right Chancellor, Zhu Yao, and everyone in the tent exchanged glances, all lowering their heads with helpless expressions, and remained silent.

"Hmm? Why aren't you saying anything again?"

Seeing everyone's silence, Li Xiao felt a surge of anger rising within him, and he looked at his subordinates with a gloomy expression.

Zhu Yao had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, the soldiers spend all day hiding in their tents, playing with those Fuyu women, and have no desire to fight..."

"What?"

Li Xiao's expression changed, and he immediately rebuked, "You bastards! This is a military camp, not the country! How dare they act so recklessly? Why don't you all keep them in check?"

Li Xiao was not unaware of the daily wails that echoed throughout the camp, but he did not inquire about them, since it was he who ordered the soldiers to do so.

Now that he wanted to mobilize his troops, he found that his soldiers were out of control, so Li Xiao naturally vented his anger on the generals leading the troops.

"This humble general is incompetent, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Seeing Li Xiao's anger, Zhu Yao neither argued back nor complained, but instead bowed and begged for forgiveness.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

The generals inside the tent also stood up and echoed him. They knew that anyone who said another word at this moment would die, so naturally no one wanted to risk that misfortune.

It must be said that Zhu Yao and his group's subtle approach was indeed very effective.

Although Li Xiao was extremely frustrated, he couldn't afford to lose his temper any further.

"That's enough. You all go back immediately and restrain the soldiers. They must not make any noise in the camp. Five days later, prepare to attack the city."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The generals responded loudly and then quickly turned and walked out of the camp.

Zhu Yao, who was walking ahead, quickly came to the Right Chancellor's side and whispered, "Your Excellency, what do you think the King is really thinking?"

"Who cares? Let him do whatever he wants. Anyway, our advice won't do any good."

The Right Chancellor gave a wry smile, then shook his head and returned to his tent.

Soon, Zhu Yao returned to his tent, changed into his armor, and began patrolling the camp with a dozen personal guards.

He had only taken a few steps when Zhu Yao heard a woman crying and several soldiers laughing lewdly coming from a tent ahead.

"past!!"

Zhu Yao, with a stern face, led his dozen or so personal guards and strode quickly toward the camp.

Inside the tent, four Goguryeo soldiers, shirtless and leering, pinned a Buyeo woman to the ground, tearing off most of her clothes. The woman's struggles and screams seemed to excite the Goguryeo soldiers even more.

"Hehe~, I've pinned her down, I'll go first..."

Seeing that the woman was under control, a rather strong Goguryeo soldier chuckled lewdly and then reached out to undo his belt.

"stop!!"

Just then, a roar came, and Zhu Yao led several guards into the tent.

As Zhu Yao entered the tent, a cold wind blew in, causing the several shirtless Goguryeo soldiers inside to shiver.

"The... the Great General?"

Upon seeing Zhu Yao standing at the tent entrance with a gloomy face, the soldier who was unbuckling his belt quickly stopped what he was doing, and the other three soldiers also released the woman.

Zhu Yao, with a cold face, looked at the soldiers and said in a deep voice, "His Majesty has ordered that no fooling around or making noise in the camp. You must stay put and prepare to attack Muzha City in five days."

"Wh...what?"

Upon hearing this, several soldiers were taken aback.

The soldier who had fastened his belt couldn't help but ask, "General, just two days ago the King ordered the brothers to relax for a few days. Why has it changed today?"

Besides, it's freezing cold now, how can we attack a city? Wouldn't that be sending our brothers to their deaths?

"Hmph, I am merely informing you of the King's orders. If you have any questions, go ask the King yourselves."

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