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When his men finally dragged him back to consciousness, Wu Shaoyi learned that roving cavalry from Xun Province had struck. The camp was in chaos, soldiers and horses tangled in blood and mud. The single-story house where Zhou Hongyue had taken shelter had been blown apart, killing him on the spot.
Clutching his side, Wu Shaoyi forced himself up to take command, but the troops were already in utter panic. One grain wagon after another was being set alight, and his troops were falling everywhere. Seeing that defeat was certain, he could only give the order to retreat.
Along the way, he gathered what survivors he could find, and it was only this handful that had remained. As for the grain, most of it was gone.
The roving cavalry from Xun Province had cut deep into Xia Province to raid the supply line. They knew they did not have enough men to carry the grain off, so they resorted to simply setting it all aflame.
Having finished his report, Wu Shaoyi bowed his head and said, “I await the lord’s punishment.”
“Severe negligence and the loss of grain, by the law, you deserve death,”...
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