Without thinking, he was about to kneel down and kowtow to express his gratitude, but he was stopped by a pair of strong hands!

"alright!"

"Get up now!"

"Now is not the time to talk about these things!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Ling drew his sword and slashed at an enemy soldier who was coming up next to him!

"Fellow soldiers!"

"I, Wu Ling, swear on my integrity! Her Majesty the Empress has never once considered abandoning us!"

Don't listen to the nonsense of these petty people!

"They're just trying to demoralize the troops!"

Hai Jingming was also shouting loudly from the side!

"Marquis of Zhennan! You treacherous and cunning villain, if you have the guts, come up and face us head-on!"

"What ability do you have to hide behind the scenes and do these treacherous things? You spread rumors on our turf every day. How are you any different from a gossipy woman in the marketplace?"

"Someone like you wants to establish yourself as king."

"I think you're dreaming."

As Hai Jingming drew his sword and fought against those climbing up the city wall, he channeled his inner strength to gradually amplify his voice.

"You treacherous villain, you actually sent your own son to seduce my precious daughter."

"They're shameless! They're like rats in the gutter, like toads crawling on your feet!"

"No, you're even worse than a toad. A toad only bites without bothering you, but you're both annoying and bite!"

"A grown man wants to become king or emperor, but instead of conquering the people with his own strength, he uses women. It's truly despicable. I don't know how your mother gave birth to such a thing!"

"Now you're kicking me when I'm down. All you can do is spread rumors. What else can you do? If you're so capable, come out and fight me head-on!"

How come I never realized you were such a shameless person before?

"Someone like you actually became a marquis. You must have obtained that title by using women!"

While in his camp, the Marquis of Zhennan heard his subordinates repeating the names of the seascapes, and he was so angry that he wanted to leave!

"That smiling Buddha! If you give him a little credit, he'll start to open a dye shop."

"I'll show him what I, the Marquis, can do."

"My lord! My lord! You'd better not go out. The spies reported that they did see a dark figure run out of that little girl's room. And when the officials went to investigate today, they didn't see that little girl come out either. I think Hai Jingming is definitely feeling guilty, so he wants you to go out and buy some time!"

"Please don't fall for their trap!"

"Don't worry! Several officials in the city are our undercover agents! Even the young master doesn't know!"

"So that little brat wasn't dealt with when she came here. Now she's finally come in handy. Just wait patiently, and once they confirm that the little brat escaped, the city will fall on its own!"

The strategist beside him earnestly advised him!

Although the Marquis of Zhennan tried his best to be patient, upon hearing Hai Jingming's voice outside, he angrily pushed aside the person trying to persuade him, grabbed his sword from the tent, and left!

"Prepare the horses! I know everything you've said! I just want my soldiers to know that I'm different from that little brat!"

"A man as upright as me should naturally stand with my soldiers!"

Seeing their lord's demeanor, the strategists couldn't help but think to themselves: "The lord's temper is as bad as ever. How can he be so impatient? This is clearly a provocation, yet the lord insists on going for it. What will happen when he takes over the reins of power?"

Thinking of this, they wanted to continue trying to persuade them!

Marquis Zhennan mounted his horse and waved his hand at the men behind him, "Alright, you don't need to say anything more! I know what I'm doing!"

Having said that, he could only spur his horse and ride forward!

He wasn't stupid to have gotten to where he is today, so he has a lot of men around him!

When they got close to the range of arrows from the city wall, they stopped and looked at the disheveled state of the people on the city wall with a smile!

Then he waved to the guards beside him!

Several strong and sturdy guards stood at the very front!

"Hai Jingming! You shameless bastard, how dare you talk to me like that? You hurt my son so badly, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet. Besides, it's your daughter who's been pestering me to marry my son!"

"Now they're turning around and blaming me! Who is that shrew from the marketplace really?!"

"Even if your daughter, Hai Jingming, were to offer herself to me, I still wouldn't want my son to marry such a slut."

"She's with my son willingly, without any status or identity! I can only say my son is incredibly charming, or perhaps your daughter is far too frivolous, just like her mother whom she's never even met!"

"I've heard that General Hai's wife is just as unconventional!"

"At such a young age, she came to this harsh and cold land with General Hai and had a child out of wedlock!"

"Even God couldn't bear to see her like this, so He made her die during childbirth!"

"No wonder your daughter has turned out like this!"

"And you yourself are no good either, yet you chose a woman as your master."

"Could it be that he's taken a liking to that little girl's looks?"

"Is she like your unconventional wife?"

"You'd disregard your own and your men's lives to fight for this girl who ran away before the big battle?"

After the Marquis of Zhennan finished speaking, the strong and burly men next to him would repeat it!

To ensure that everyone present could clearly hear what the Marquis of Zhennan was saying!

Meanwhile, Hai Jingming, atop the city wall, was trembling with rage. He had originally planned to provoke the Marquis of Zhennan into revealing himself, and then try to stall for time, because he firmly believed that Her Majesty the Empress would never abandon them; she must be out trying to find a solution!

If we can delay until Her Majesty the Queen returns, we can not only reduce casualties, but also quickly seize the initiative in the war!

But unexpectedly, the Marquis of Zhennan, who was known for his bad temper, has become so eloquent!

Although he provoked people, his sore spot is his wife and daughter, and now they are being touched one by one!

He stood atop the city wall with a long arrow in the hand of a soldier beside him, aimed at the Marquis of Zhennan below, and then forcefully shot the arrow out!

However, the place where the Marquis of Zhennan was located was just outside the range of the arrows!

He could only watch helplessly as the Marquis of Zhennan put on that "you can't really hit me" look!