"Reporting to the Minister: all the civilians in the city have already been evacuated, and the 140,000 troops have finished forming up outside the south gate. We're just waiting for your order—at any time, we can depart!"
Thirteenth year of Great Xia, third day of the first month, dawn had just broken.
In East River City, on the top floor hall of the Ministry Building, Cloud Dragon Army Commander Liu Yuan strode in and directly reported to Xia Chuan seated above.
Xia Chuan sat upright in the main seat, with Yue Feng, Zhou Yuan, Meng Yi, Mu Longhe, Mu Qinghe and over ten other field commanders standing to his left and right.
Hearing Liu Yuan's report, everyone immediately turned their heads to look at Xia Chuan.
"Good. Pass the order at once: the entire army is to withdraw to the Dongchuan Camp. Have the scouts spread out around East River City—if Chen Cang's army shows any movement at all, report immediately."
"Yes, sir!"
