He said to Chen Lang: "General Chen, your righteousness is truly admirable. However, Lord Yuwen also has his own difficulties. Since you did not accompany him back to Beijing, why not discuss with us the matter of resisting the enemy."

After speaking, the Armored Soldier waved to welcome the troops into the city.

Wu Fa returned to report to Lin Feng, saying: "It is indeed good news."

Lin Feng heard Wu Fa outside the tent, eagerly talking about what good news it was. At this moment, Wu Fa also walked into the tent.

Lin Feng immediately asked him: "Oh, what good news, why not tell us."

After Wu Fa came in, he picked up a cup of fine wine on the table, drank it all in one gulp, and his face was full of joy.

Then he said to Lin Feng and everyone: "Right General Chen Lang defied the orders of Lord Imperial Censor and did not rush to Beijing but returned here to Peace City, currently leading eight thousand troops to gather in the camp."

Lin Feng heard Wu Tian’s words and immediately said: "What you said is true, you didn’t deceive me?"

"Everything I said is true. If you don’t believe it, you can go out and see for yourselves."

The excitement in his words was truly overflowing with joy.

Lin Feng finally believed Wu Fa’s words and slapped the table as he stood up.

"All soldiers, hear my command, head out quickly with me to gather the troops and prepare to confront the Desolate Realm invaders."

"General Lin, hold on, this matter of war cannot proceed without us."

Just as Lin Feng was about to mobilize his own thousand troops to head to the small forest and join the Six Great Sects, informing them of the news that Court reinforcements had arrived.

At this moment, another person walked in from outside the tent.

It turned out to be Qian Yue and Qian Hua.

Lin Feng hurriedly asked them, "Why did you leave the academy and rush here?"

In fact, Lin Feng knew why they wanted to come here. But this battle is extremely dangerous, as the saying goes, swords have no eyes. Lin Feng didn’t want these two to throw away their lives in vain. Without capable teachers in Lin Feng’s academy, it would also be a great loss for the children.

Qian Yue heard Lin Feng’s words and swiftly replied: "The world is about to perish, Peace City is in danger of being destroyed. If we don’t go to resist but continue teaching in the city, when Peace City is destroyed, the academy will also surely not escape the flames of war. So we come here to request to stay and vow to live and die with Peace City."

Lin Feng saw that Qian Yue spoke with great passion and reason, so he agreed to their joining.

"Since you have joined our ranks, you must consider the bigger picture, listen to orders, and not act recklessly. The fate of Peace City is in your hands!"

Everyone responded to Lin Feng’s words in unison: "Yes!"

Lin Feng saw that everyone was very united and was deeply moved.

So he said to everyone: "Since everything is ready, follow me to the small forest, and join forces with the Six Great Sects. Wait for the Court troops to make their move, we will work together to strike."

At this time in the camp, Chen Lang had also assembled his troops and started planning how to fight this battle.

Suddenly a scout came galloping to report.

"General, we have already scouted ahead and found that the enemy has begun advancing towards Peace City, dispatching a vanguard of about three thousand troops."

The scout knelt on one knee, clasping fists, very courteous.

Chen Lang was shocked by the scout’s report and quickly said to the Armored Soldier beside him: "Unexpectedly, just the vanguard has a full three thousand troops."

The Armored Soldier said: "We originally have two thousand troops in the city, plus the eight thousand troops the general brought. Now there are ten thousand people. If we defend within the city without going out, we can still hold for one or two months. If we go out to battle directly, I’m afraid it might end in a total wipeout within a day. You must understand, this is not me being cowardly, it is for the greater good."

The Armored Soldier’s words clearly aimed to prevent Chen Lang from supporting the Six Great Sects outside, which would place the Six Great Sects in extreme danger.

The Six Great Sects have also gathered here with over six thousand troops.

They were all led by their Sect Leader, coming together here.

Although not all of the Six Great Sects’ forces were deployed, nearly half did come out. If the Court doesn’t send reinforcements now, the Six Great Sects will definitely suffer and face serious casualties.

Yet the Armored Soldier did this despite knowing that the Court had notified the Six Great Sects to come for assistance a month earlier.

He had come from the Capital not long ago with Lord Imperial Censor. How could he not be aware of the situation?

Clearly informed, Yu Wentai still leads the troops away, and the Armored Soldier advises Chen Lang not to lead troops out of the city.

There can be only one reason for this intrigue, and that is the Court wants to use this opportunity to eliminate the Six Great Sects once and for all, using the hand of the Desolate Realm to wipe out the Six Great Sects entirely. This way, not a single soldier would be lost, allowing the Court to profit as the fisherman.

Yet no one knows why the Court would act this way, whether there is another agenda. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

The Six Great Sects, for the sake of defending the Righteous Path and the Human Realm, have already come to the forefront of battle. Yet the Court hesitates, its indecisiveness laughable, truly absurd.