When Kang Luo talked about pulling his army out, even Zhang Tianlun got a little nervous.

Ning Chen had just taken the Nanyue imperial city. Once he was back in the Great Xuan, Zhang Tianlun would be the next one he dealt with.

If the Nanyue army left, he'd be no match for Ning Chen.

He knew very well how good Kang Luo was at leading troops. Anyone who could arm-wrestle Ning Chen to a standstill was no lightweight.

With Kang Luo in Xiangzhou, their two armies together came to two hundred and eighty thousand men, enough to give Ning Chen a real fight.

But without Kang Luo, he didn't believe he could hold off Ning Chen's iron cavalry.

He was shorting the Nanyue army's grain right now, so it would be hard for them to get back to Nanyue... but you never knew. If Kang Luo really decided to go down fighting, things would get ugly.

Zhang Tianlun reined in his anger. "The Nanyue imperial city has fallen. This emperor knows you're hurting, so this emperor won't hold it against you. But don't let it happen again.

Crown prince of Nanyue, what's done is done. Even if you take your army back to Nanyue now, it won't help. Ning Chen will have pulled out long before you get there.

Ning Chen has taken your Nanyue imperial city, and once he's back in the Great Xuan, this emperor is surely next... You'd do better to stay in Xiangzhou. If we fight him together, this emperor can help you get your revenge."

Kang Luo's face was uglier than words could say.

He had to go back.

The Nanyue imperial city had been taken and his old man forced out of the capital. There was no telling whether his uncles and his brothers and sisters would get ideas and use the chance to seize power.

He had to hurry back and steady things in the imperial city, Qimu City and Biluo City.

That would raise his standing and win him the people's hearts... and keep his place as heir apparent secure.

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