Chapter 874: City Lord Zhu, you wouldn't be thinking of replacing me, would you?

He said at the door: "Liu Yan, you need not blame Su Yang either; he was thinking of the bigger picture!

Liu Yan sat down on the sofa and said quietly: "I will. I am not blaming Su Yang, I just feel a bit uncomfortable about it... you would too. Given such a temperament, why is it that you are the vice company commander, while I hold only a nominal post?"

The other two King-level Beast Tamers who had been on duty with An Hang also nodded in agreement.

They meant the same thing!

Using an entire city's people as bait... not just anyone could issue that order.

An Hang rubbed his face, feeling a headache coming on.

King-level Beast Tamers were not easy to manage.

And they often had to be coaxed!

"Don't even mention it!" Seeing Zhu Bin said, "Let's eat, let's eat. We'll finish every last bit of food, not even leave Su Yang any soup!"

Coastal City. After the emergency meeting ended, Su Yang sat in Qian Hailong's office.

"Can you really not bring people from the General Headquarters in a short time to reinforce Nangang City?"

Qian Hailong was equally unwilling to give up!

"General Qian, I said at the meeting—no. The Void Wanderer hasn't reached King-level yet, the General Headquarters is too far away, and every additional person brought along costs a great deal!"

For Su Yang alone, rushing to Shengjing would take roughly a day.

He would need to rest for a certain stretch of time along the way!

"Then it can only be that way!" The short and stout Qian Hailong's eyes were full of struggle, but in the end, he hardened his heart: "That group of people... cannot be left alive. Leaving them would be a hidden danger!"

As a General of the Southeast Military Department, sometimes he had to be cold-blooded.

He had to consider the whole picture, to be responsible for the entire Southeast!

What needed to be sacrificed, must be sacrificed!

If that group on the sea were not wiped out in one go, the threat they posed to the Huaxia Alliance would be enormous!

"Can General Mo step in?"

Qian Hailong knew exactly which General Mo Su Yang meant.

"I'm afraid... not yet. And in two days' time, you couldn't possibly bring General Mo rushing to Nangang, could you?" Qian Hailong shook his head. "His injuries haven't fully healed, and most of his contracted beasts have died in battle. He is still recuperating. The General Headquarters cannot send him out now. Once he has fully recovered, his presence will be of immense importance to stabilizing the Huaxia Federation. The moment a fully recovered Emperor-level Beast Tamer appears, our Huaxia people will be one step closer to standing firm on this land. You should understand the significance of this!"

"How many years?"

Qian Hailong countered: "Haven't the injuries on your own body also been dragging on for a long time?"

"Mm!"

On this point, Su Yang could not argue back.

Su Yang understood Shi Shi Fanmeng's condition all too well.

Consuming life force to heal General Mo placed an enormous burden on her body as well!

"I will write two letters. The first goes to Seeing Zhu Bin—tell An Hang to have An Hang take Seeing Zhu Bin's family away. No matter what, a bloodline must be left behind for Seeing Zhu Bin. The second letter you deliver to the General Headquarters, requesting reinforcements, and have them redirect the reinforcements to Lintai!"

$1 Qian Hailong finished writing the two letters, signed his own name, affixed the red seal of the Southeast Military Department, and handed the letters to Su Yang.

Qian Hailong patted Su Yang on the shoulder: "Don't overthink it. This is an order from our Southeast Military Department!"

Qian Hailong could see the big picture, and Su Yang was equally unwilling.

: Qian Hailong watched in the direction Su Yang had vanished, and did not move either, standing like a statue.

At four in the morning, Su Yang appeared in a dilapidated old storeroom.

An Hang asked: "Steward?"

"Got it!"

"What did General Qian say?"

"He also feels that abandoning Nangang City and shifting the battlefield to Lintai would be better!"

Liu Yan muttered: "I knew it would be like this!"

The other two King-level Beast Tamers stood in a corner, silent.

Su Yang continued: "Vice Company Commander An, General Qian wants you to send City Lord Zhu's family away!"

An Hang nodded: "Understood!"

"I'll rest a bit, then I need to make a trip to the General Headquarters!"

"Mm!"

Seeing Zhu Bin said in a spirited voice: "Vice Company Commander An, my family—I'll have to trouble you!"