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Chapter 1056: Chapter 432: Breaking the Trap Chapter 1056: Chapter 432: Breaking the Trap Liang, the Imperial Palace.

“Your Majesty, the Xu State Reinforcements have arrived!”

When the banner of the Xu State rose outside the city, the people in the city of Liang who witnessed this scene hurried to the Imperial Palace to deliver the message.

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The Emperor of Liang and the Group of Ministers, overwhelmed with joy, hurriedly headed to the northern city gate tower in the direction from which the Xu Army was coming.

“They’ve arrived, they’ve really come.”

As the Emperor saw the billowing dust of the Xu State’s mighty army approaching, tears involuntarily fell from his eyes—a man who had aged decades in just these few days.

No one knew what he had been through during these days.

Terror-stricken and worried, he feared that the destiny of both Liang and the Chu State might be obliterated on his watch.

And this future was rapidly drawing closer to reality as the Chu State intensified its attack on Liang.

The magnitude of psychological pressure and strike this terrible truth had on the Emperor was immeasurable.

Despite being an Inborn Grandmaster, he had aged twenty to thirty years within just these few months, wrinkles forming on his face and white hairs sprouting amidst his black—such was the burden of his mental stress.

Fortunately, with the arrival of the Xu State Reinforcements, all these issues could be resolved.

“Your Majesty, with Xu people’s army of a million coming to aid, Chu’s brigands will surely be hard-pressed to hold out.

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Our Liang is saved.”

“Indeed, after months of besieging the city and suffering millions of casualties, the Chu enemy has lost its ferocity.

The Xu Army is freshly arrived, with their edge fully revealed, Chu’s forces will most certainly struggle to counter.”

“The opportunity to break the siege and emerge victorious is upon us today.”

The many Ministers of Chu State were now discussing fervently, their faces alight with excitement.

Like the Emperor, having been besieged in the city for months, living under the constant pressure of a city’s fall and annihilation, they too had been deeply repressed.

Now that a glimmer of hope appeared, they clung to it as if it were a lifesaver, desperate to seize it.

“Your Majesty, the Xu Army has just arrived and has yet to secure its footing.

There’s a fear they may be taken advantage of by Chu’s ruffians.”

The Grand General Yang Chen, observing the overzealousness of the crowd despite his own elation, felt compelled to stand up and say, “We should send a relief force to meet the Xu Army and guide them into the city.”

Hearing this, the Emperor agreed and nodded, asking, “Indeed, we should send someone to meet them.

How many soldiers are left in the city, and how many can we dispatch to aid the Xu Army?”

Yang Chen bowed and replied, “Your Majesty, there are still 130,000 soldiers in the city.

Setting aside those needed for vital defense, we can spare 30,000 to assist the Xu Army.”

The siege had lasted two months, and with the continuous assaults, even Liang’s substantial military strength couldn’t withstand the Chu Army’s relentless siege.

From an initial 300,000 defenders, only 130,000 remained.

Even this number had been bolstered by conscripting the old and weak within the city, adding another hundred thousand or so, to reach this final count.

From this perspective, one could see how weakened Liang had become.

They truly couldn’t hold out any longer.

If the Xu Army hadn’t come, then in three to five days at most, the city would have fallen.

The Chu State would have overrun the Imperial Capital and, lacking the military forces to establish a new eastern defense line in the rear, the dynasty could have directly perished with the enemy’s relentless advance.

This was the true definition of desperation, the kind that heralds death.

Fortunately, this hopelessness finally found a flicker of hope, a million soldiers from Xu State becoming their lifeline.

“Send them out, send them all out.”

Upon hearing Yang Chen’s words, the Emperor waved his hand decisively, without a moment’s hesitation: “Grand General, you go along too.

All these soldiers are placed under your command; you must ensure the Xu Army enters the city.”

At this juncture, whether Liang could hold out was no longer for Liang’s people to decide.

It was up to the rescuing Xu Army, whether they could enter the city, that would determine the outcome.

If the Xu Army couldn’t enter, their arrival would prove futile.

Liang would still be lost.

If that was the case, what use would preserving a few tens of thousands be?

Better to commit them all, to stake it all on the chance that had arrived.

“Your servant shall obey.”

Upon receiving the order, Yang Chen offered no objection and accepted the command directly.

In the past, his role as Grand General was a guarantee of power for Chu State’s high-level interests.

Therefore, at that time, of course, he needed to ensure his safety to maintain the interests of his family and the entire empire’s High-level echelon.

But now, when the empire was on the brink of collapse, and their families’ future uncertain, if not now, when else should they fight with all their might?

Thus, fully aware of this, Yang Chen had no reservations about leaving the city; he was resolutely determined.

Even if it meant his death, he would Breakthrough the blockade of Chu’s forces and escort the Xu Army into the city.

Grand General Yang Chen departed.

He moved swiftly, immediately heading to the Barracks within the city, summoning the resting troops, prepared to lead them out of the city for a desperate struggle.

With Yang Chen’s actions, the news of the reinforcements’ arrival also spread rapidly throughout the city, setting off jubilant shouting that echoed incessantly within the city of Liang.

Having been surrounded for months, trapped in the city, shrouded in death and famine, the fear in the residents’ hearts was every bit as strong as that of the High-level, if not stronger.

And perhaps even more intense.

Because, compared to the High-level who held military power and authority, these Low-level residents who were powerless to resist, left to wait helplessly and be slaughtered, their personal safety was even less secure.

After the city’s fall, if misfortune struck, it would strike these people first.

And then it would be the turn of the Royal Nobles.

The world is very realistic, and very cruel.

The ancients had a saying in poetry: “The rise, the common folk suffer; the fall, the common folk suffer.”

This was not mere grumbling but stating a fact.

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Because of the Xu Army’s arrival, the city of Liang was thrown into a boiling frenzy.

And outside the city, within the Chu Army’s main camp, due to the Xu Army’s arrival, they too were busy with preparing for war.