Hongqiao understood that the Jin Kingdom had reached a life-and-death edge, and King Liang intended to make one final struggle.
Originally, they were servants of the Second Prince’s mansion, but were later rescued by King Liang, who spent his life striving for Consort Tong and the Second Prince. How could they, the servants, have any reason to retreat?
Hongmei nodded: "Yes!"
"Release Fan Yuhuai and those generals who followed me, let him accompany me to rescue my father!"
"What about Li Mao and those ministers?" Hongmei asked again.
"Useless fools, what’s the point of rescuing them? Let them fend for themselves!" King Liang adjusted his sleeves and stepped out of the prison.
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Luohong City was in turmoil, screams echoed everywhere, and flames soared into the sky...
Some dared to enter the prison to rescue King Liang, while others took advantage of the chaos to save their children.
The people, whose children were forcibly conscripted by the Crown Prince for the Emperor, saw Luohong City in chaos and thought of their children, caged like livestock in the Government Office, which made them anxious.
Those men who feared death for their children’s sake took the opportunity to knock on doors, calling on men whose children had been taken. They gathered more than twenty men, each armed with suitable tools, and charged towards the Government Office to rescue their children.
All the soldiers within the Government Office had been sent to the city gates to fend off enemies, leaving only six to guard the children locked in cages within the office.
The leader among the people feared harming the children in their fearless rush, and seeing the distant fire, had an idea. He led three others to set fire to the rear residence of the Government Office.
The fire drew away the officials guarding the children, allowing the people to break in, smash open the cages chained with iron, and protectively flee with the children...
However, at the entrance of the office, they saw ten soldiers wielding blades charging in. The twenty-odd men hurriedly shielded the crying children behind them, some holding up their sickles, others their hoes, each ready to fight to the death.
"Dad! I’m scared!" a little girl clung to a man’s leg, tears in her eyes, looking at the soldiers at the door and cried.
Before entering the city, Bai Qingyan had commanded that after entering the city, a hundred soldiers would divide into ten, heading to the Government Office to rescue the children held there, ensuring their safety.
Unexpectedly, upon opening the city gate and heading to the Government Office to rescue these children, they found the children’s fathers had beaten them to it...
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