What the emperor feared the most in the dynasty was not external force or riots, nor rebels or natural disasters. These were all controlled in the eyes of the emperors. The hearts of the ministers and the princes who wanted to sit on the throne were completely uncontrollable. If the two were combined, they would bring a catastrophe to a dynasty.

The Emperor Xia asked General Chang about this. He had heard about Xia Yan and General Chang in his ears. Xia Yan's performance has always been a normal general, and General Chang has always been a diligent general, so Emperor Xia never cared about this matter. But today's incident surprised Emperor Xia. Although he was not in the court, the matter in the court could not escape his ears. Xia Yan's departure surprised him a little. Although he had known Xia Yan's temperament for a long time, there were some things that General Chang said in it. Emperor Xia usually didn't care about it, but at this point in time, he couldn't help but make him worry too much.

"My subordinates and His Highness the Crown Prince are just having normal relationships. If His Majesty has any questions, his subordinates can only remove the burden on their shoulders to express their innocence." General Chang said neither sad nor arrogant.

Although the emperor was very afraid of these things, the situation was special now, and the prince and General Chang were even more special. He had to reconsider this matter. If it was not handled well, it might cause other effects at any time, which was not what he wanted.

"If we now help Luocheng, there is still time." The emperor stopped talking about General Chang and Xia Yan.

"It's probably too late now." General Chang didn't understand Xia Huang's words. Although he wanted to rescue Luocheng in name, Xia Huang's words were not very sure. General Chang continued, "Not to mention the gains and losses of Luocheng now, even if we marched all the way to Luocheng, it would take three days at the earliest. There is no other thing to waste time. Once we arrive at Luocheng, we will definitely not be able to start fighting immediately. The soldiers' bodies and morale are completely unbearable, and it will take three days at the earliest to start fighting."

"There are almost no places for soldiers to rest in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and Luocheng. Even the Southeast City is in danger now, and it is impossible for the soldiers to take the risk of resting in the Southeast City." Xia Huang felt that the opinions raised by the auxiliary were pertinent, and giving up Luocheng was completely beneficial to the entire battle situation.

"Many families and forces at the Three Realms have sent people to participate in this battle against the demons, and the Three Realms Alliance has also sent two deputy alliance leaders to take charge." General Chang glanced at Emperor Xia and continued, "Didn't your majesty guess the meaning of this?"

"The Master Fu had already discussed it at the beginning. It was nothing more than that you can't lose the first battle. Losing will affect your morale." Xia Huang paused and continued: "But how can countless races in the three realms be concerned about the gains and losses of one city and one place? Luocheng is indeed unfavorable in the overall battle situation. We cannot let the soldiers die in vain for the gains and losses of one city and one place."

"But your Majesty has ever thought that if the demons conquer Luo City, their momentum will surely rise. At that time, the three realms will face the situation in the past when they were in the generals of the gods. Do we have the ability to withstand the attack of the entire demons with the advantages of Mingyuan City? There are many examples of gods and demons fighting in the past, and that time was not a heavy price." General Chang planned to convince Emperor Xia, but the situation was difficult than he imagined.

"We all know these things. Do we really need to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in an indifferent city, but the benefits we get in the end are minimal?" Xia Huang felt that it was unreasonable no matter how to calculate the account.

"If Your Majesty only measures it based on simple interests, it is indeed very unreasonable. But the current situation has nothing to do with interests or anything else. We are defending our freedom and our nation," said General Chang.

"You go down first, I'm a little tired." Emperor Xia ignored General Chang's words and instead made him leave on the excuse.

General Chang sighed and turned away. He knew that Emperor Xia would not consider his words. Now Emperor Xia is no longer the young man who was vigorous and devoted to governing the country. Now he is in his twilight years, and keeping his success is what he is most willing to do. But meeting such an emperor at this time is a sad thing for the entire Daxia dynasty.

Xia Yan, the prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, led more than a dozen followers and six immortal-level disciples and Li Qing to gallop on the way to Luocheng. It had been more than an hour since they left Mingyuan City. Although there were guards from all over the country on the road to provide them with horses and food, the group was still too slow. The whole journey was only half, and it took them almost an hour to enter the southeast city.

"Li Qing, how long does it take to get to Luocheng?" Xia Yan asked impatiently after just after changing horses from the garrison along the way.

"If you get faster, you will be able to reach the Southeast City in half an hour." Li Qing's spirit and spiritual power finally recovered at this moment, but his complexion was still a little bad. He looked at the road in front of him and continued, "But you can't confirm after passing the Southeast City. I don't know if the battle outside the 100,000 mountains has stopped. If it doesn't stop, we must not go there."

"Is there no other way?" Xia Yan asked anxiously.

"There is only one way, we can only think about the better place." Li Qing slapped the horses frantically, without wasting any time.

The group ran wildly for more than half an hour and finally entered the Southeast City. However, the scene of the Southeast City surprised the group. After visiting most of the city, they hardly saw a civilian. The originally prosperous Southeast City now seems to have fought a war, and is broken everywhere and broken. The human beings that can be seen occasionally are either crazy people with abnormal mental disorders or beggars sleeping on the side of the road to raise their spirits.

"How did Southeast City become like this?" Xia Yan felt very uncomfortable looking at the dilapidated streets.

"After the news of the demons' invasion of the Three Realms spread, the civilians here began to lead their families to Mingyuan City. In just a month, the Southeast City became a dead city." Li Qing said helplessly.

"Where is the garrison in the Southeast City? Where is it?" Xia Yan asked the follower.

"I just received the news that all the garrisons and guards in the southeast city had retreated northward to the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The dynasty ordered them to detour from there and station 300 kilometers northwest of Mingyuan City to facilitate the demons to join forces with other garrisons to encircle and suppress the enemy when they arrived at Mingyuan City." A follower handed the cloth strip in his hand to Xia Yan.

"All the immortals in the court should be killed." Xia Yan didn't even look at him and threw the cloth strip on the ground and rode his horse to continue moving towards Luocheng.

The followers, disciples and Li Qing chased Xia Yan's horses out of the southeast city. The desolate scene outside the city made them feel cold. The horses were almost out of strength, but they were getting closer and closer to Luocheng.
Chapter completed!