"The beacon fires have already been lit. Even if General Xiao sends troops to reinforce us now, it will take at least several hours. If they can't spare any men, then we can only..."
We have no choice but to hold on.
Cen Ang took a deep breath. The air around him smelled terrible, a mixture of the smell of war and blood.
But ironically, this taste was what excited her even more.
"Then let's just stay put."
The only options are to live and defend the city, or die and the city falls.
"Go and tell people to prepare the best and smoothest cloth to connect the city wall to the ground, and then transport the wounded soldiers down there," the woman instructed Wang Zheng.
"good."
"Let's use Hou's fabric. Xiangxiang's fabric is thick and smooth. We can just add a stretcher underneath," Huo Xiaolong said to Cen Ang, who had appeared out of nowhere.
"What are you doing here?! Go back now!"
This was the first time Cen's mother had spoken to Huo Xiaolong in such a fierce tone. She was truly furious today, and even felt a little resentful towards He Yi. Why was she so spoiled? She wanted to come, and you just let her?
"Mom, no one can stop me from coming, you know that!"
The maids around him were so angry at Huo Xiaolong who ran up the city wall that their veins bulged. They had clearly told Long'er to take the money with him when they left.
All the girls at the brothel stuffed money into Huo Xiaolong's hands, especially the group of maids who hugged him and gave him instructions for a long time.
If you sense anything amiss, immediately crawl through a tunnel and run away, taking your money and your mother with you, to find another place to live a good life.
They were all nodding and agreeing so readily, but what happened? They ended up at the city wall right after them!
Cen Ang was a little angry and didn't want to talk to his daughter, afraid that he would say something hurtful.
Huo Xiaolong was quite the charmer; he leaped onto the woman, planted a quick kiss on her cheek, and said in a sweet voice...
"It's okay, Mom. Even if I die, I'll die with you. I'm willing!"
"You!"
What can we do?
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