Heishan City in Yunjiang Territory is the administrative center of Yunjiang Territory and also the headquarters of Lingxiao Palace’s branch in Yunjiang Territory.

Chen Sihao sat high on the hall, with Lin Jiajia and others sitting on both sides of him. Below him were the high-ranking staff of the Lingxiao Hall branch. At this moment, everyone had a solemn and worried look on their faces.

At this moment, a messenger came running in from outside the palace, shouting, "Report! Special envoy, our army's first line of defense has been breached, and the allied forces are already outside the territory!"

“Ah, this… Deputy Palace Master, what should we do?” The senior officials of Lingxiao Palace were horrified when they heard this.

"Haven't our reinforcements arrived yet?"

"It's over. The enemy is already at the gates of the city. We can't even see the shadow of our reinforcements. We've been abandoned!"

"The situation is over, the situation is over!"

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Everyone cried out in grief!

"Silence!" Chen Sihao shouted.

Seeing that the hall had finally quieted down, Chen Sihao sighed and said, "The difference between our forces and the enemy's is huge. This is an unequal battle. The loss of Yunjiang Territory is inevitable. In order to avoid the loss of lives, this deputy hall master orders that Yunjiang Territory unconditionally surrender to the alliance!"

After saying this, Chen Sihao slumped in his chair as if his body was hollowed out, and it seemed that he had made a very painful decision.

"Old Chen, what are you talking about? As the deputy hall master of Lingxiao Hall, how can you say such words of surrender to the enemy? I, Zhang Jingxuan, put it here, you can surrender if you want, but I won't!" Zhang Jingxuan shouted angrily.

Although Si Zheng did not show his anger like Zhang Jingxuan, he also said solemnly: "Deputy Palace Master, no matter what, this is also the first battle between my Lingxiao Palace and the Alliance Army. If we surrender without a fight, we will not only lose the Yunjiang Region, but also cause an immeasurable blow to the morale of my Lingxiao Army."

Zhao Dongsheng, Chen Xian, Han Mengjie and other members of the Falcon Team also frowned and looked at Chen Sihao. They really didn't understand why Chen Sihao decided to surrender without a fight.

"Sihao, listen to everyone. If we surrender like this, how can we be worthy of the Palace Master? How can we be worthy of the countless lives that support Lingxiao Palace?" Lin Jiajia also advised. Originally, in such a formal occasion, even though she was Chen Sihao's Taoist partner, she should treat Chen Sihao with respect according to their position. However, she could not care less when Chen Sihao suddenly issued such an abnormal order.

"Okay! At this point, I have decided that I will bear all the consequences personally!" Chen Sihao said with a wave of his hand.

"Chen Sihao, you're a traitor! You want to be a rapist, you're not a human being!" Zhang Jingxuan cursed.

Chen Sihao was speechless about this. He even suspected that Zhang Jingxuan was taking revenge on him. Had he offended him before?

"Okay, Lao Zhang, let me finish what I want to say." Chen Sihao said helplessly.

"What else do you have to say, you bastard? Rape!" Zhang Jingxuan said viciously.

Chen Sihao did not intend to care about Zhang Jingxuan's scolding, but said solemnly: "It is unwise to fight when you know you cannot win! It is even more inhumane to the creatures of Yunjiang. The purpose of my Lingxiao Palace is to allow all living beings to live an equal and free life, not to push everyone into the abyss! Today's surrender does not mean that my Lingxiao Palace has given up on Yunjiang Territory."

"Haha~! After saying so much, aren't you still surrendering? You are quibbling! I despise you!" Zhang Jingxuan sneered.

In response to this, Chen Sihao just smiled faintly, and then said with determination: "Surrender is inevitable, but it does not mean that we have to let the other party have an easy time! Falcon Squad, listen to my orders, follow me out of the area to meet the enemy!"

"We obey your orders!" Zhao Dongsheng and others said loudly.

"I..." Zhang Jingxuan was dumbfounded.

"Old Zhang, what do you think?" Chen Sihao looked at Zhang Jingxuan with a smile on his face.

Zhang Jingxuan was a little embarrassed, and finally squeezed out one sentence: "Damn it, fight them!"

Chen Sihao nodded, and then said to the senior leaders of the Lingxiao Palace: "In this battle, except for my Falcon Squad, you must not act rashly."

Having said this, Chen Sihao looked up into the distance, sighed, and continued, "After we die in battle, you will lead the Yunjiang Territory to surrender to the Alliance! Remember, you must not resist."

"Deputy Palace Master..."

"We will not surrender, Vice Palace Master. We are willing to fight alongside you!"

"Deputy Palace Master, how can we, the children of Lingxiao, live in shame? For the sake of our territory and Lingxiao Palace, let's fight them!"

"Deputy Palace Master, according to my deduction, if we can use one hundred cities as a defense line and fight to the death, we can at least hold out for 300 years. As long as our reinforcements can arrive within 300 years, this situation can be broken! Even if we fail, we can use the sacrifice of the lives of the people in one hundred cities to let the enemy see our determination!"

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After seeing Chen Sihao and others preparing to go out alone to meet the enemy, the high-ranking officials of the Lingxiao Palace branch halls expressed their opinions one after another. Each of them had an expression that showed they were determined to fight to the death, and it was unknown how many of them were sincere.

However, Chen Sihao had never expected these branch hall high-level officials to be very loyal. After all, if they were loyal enough, they would have been absorbed as official members of Lingxiao Hall long ago. And those official members of Lingxiao Hall who were originally stationed in Yunjiang Region were also transferred away by Chen Sihao for various reasons in the past two years.

Although he knew that many of these people were just pretending to be loyal, Chen Sihao did not expose them. Instead, he said with a heavy face, "Don't be impulsive. The situation in Yunjiang Territory is hopeless and the defeat is inevitable. There is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices. Our Falcon Squad was sent by the Palace Master Pi to reinforce Yunjiang Territory. We cannot explain to the Palace Master if we don't fight. But you are different. As high-level officials of the branch palace, you must first be responsible for the lives of the entire Yunjiang Territory. Keeping them alive is your mission."

Everyone fell silent after hearing this. Some people wanted to refute, but Chen Sihao interrupted them directly and said in a tone that could not be refused: "Promise me, live well and protect the palace members! Wait for our Lingxiao Palace's counterattack one day in the future!"

After Chen Sihao finished speaking, he turned around resolutely and walked out of the hall without looking back. Zhang Jingxuan and others followed closely behind him.

The entire Falcon Squad exudes a bleak and awe-inspiring fighting spirit, and looks quite tragic!

"Deputy Palace Master!" The high-ranking officials of Lingxiao Palace in the main hall cried out in grief.

Some high-ranking officials even wanted to follow the Falcon Squad, but more people were quick to stop them on the spot, and either scolded them for openly disobeying orders, or advised them earnestly to put the overall situation first and not let down Deputy Palace Master Sihao's painstaking efforts.

In short, they don't want to die and of course they won't allow others to go. Anyway, they are doing this under orders, and no one will say anything if you don't go or I don't go.

But if some of them went to meet Chen Sihao and others to fight, whether it was disobeying orders or not was another matter, but they would definitely be considered heroes and their actions were righteous. How would those who were waiting to surrender deal with it? How would the people below view them?